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|For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

|For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

|For God so loved the people that he gave his only Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

|For God so loved the [people in the] world that He gave His Unique Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

|This is one of the most quoted verses, and a target of liberal bias; instead of "eternal life," [[The Message]] states "a whole and lasting life." While it is true that the eternal life promised starts at the moment of salvation, prior to death, it is NOT a promise of a "long life" in this world, but of a DEEPER life now, and an eternal one later.

|This is one of the most quoted verses, and a target of liberal bias; instead of "eternal life," [[The Message]] states "a whole and lasting life." While it is true that the eternal life promised starts at the moment of salvation, prior to death, it is NOT a promise of a "long life" in this world, but of a DEEPER life now, and an eternal one later.

<br>The term "world" now has an atheistic connotation; "people" is a better translation of κόσμος here in keeping with the original intent and context.

<br>Wherever the Greek word '''κόσμος''' appears in this book, John means all of the people in it, not some aggregate of custom or some impersonal object.

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