First, here's the verse in NIV translation:
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him might not perish but have eternal life.
Okay, so first of all God loves the world a lot. God's son is Jesus, who is the second person in the Trinity. God sent Jesus to earth as a human being; Jesus died, even though He never did anything wrong. God shows us mercy because Jesus took the punishment for all our sins when He died on the cross. Now, whoever believes in God, and accepts that Jesus took our rightful punishment, is saved and is granted eternal life with God and Jesus in heaven when we die our mortal death.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son. So that who ever believes in him, shall never die, but have eternal life.
A scripture reference is the book, chapter and verse in the Bible. Example: John 3:16. 'John' is the specific book of The Bible. '3' is the chapter in the book. '16' is the verse in the chapter.
John 3:16
John 3:16
The phrase "life is a vapor" is from James 4:14 in the Bible, which reads, "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes."
One of the most quoted Bible verses is John 3:16, which states, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." It is often cited as a summary of the core message of Christianity.
john 3:16
John 3:16 is considered as the golden text of the Bible.
Bible verses have a colon [:] following the chapter with no space before the verse: John 3:16. There are commas and a space between separate verses: John 3:16, 19. A hyphen with no space is used for a set of verses: John 3:16-17.
John 3:16
john 3:16
john 3:16
You refer to the book of the Bible, generally abbreviated, and then the chapter and then the verse, So John Chapter 3 and verse 16 could appear as: Jn.3.16, Or John 3:16