Amen, amen i say to thee, unless a man be born again, he. Audio and manuscripts are available for each lesson. Christ wasnt sent to judge the world, but to bring salvation. This is a onesentence summary of the entire gospel. But when knuth examined what leading scholars throughout the centuries have written about those verses, he found that there is a fascinating story to be learned in every case, full of historical and spiritual insights. For god so loved the world, that he gave his only son, that whoever. For permission to reproducedistribute these resources from steve cole including the word document and audio files found on the individual lesson pages below please see bible. John with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. This onesentence summary of the gospel is the most famous portion of christian scripture, and probably the most oftenmemorized and oftenquoted portion of any holy text in human history. John bible book with full chapters new international. Jesus turns nicodemus thoughts to god himself, stating gods love for the world.
The author calls himself an eyewitness of jesus life chapter 1. As is typical of the gospel of john, chapter three begins with an abrupt contrast. This beautiful letter reassures us that god is love 4. Nicodemus would also have been familiar with the way the hebrew scriptures use the term spirit of god. Verse click for chapter new international version for god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish. In verse 16, jesus refers to the other sheep, and those can only be sheep that are. And these things i did not say to you at the beginning, because i was with you. Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from god.
He can only be speaking here of the true sheep of israel because, up to that point, his ministry was confined to the sheep of israel. It is also thought to be one of the most important doctrines of christianity 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. There are a number of key words in john s gospel but the most important is believe pisteuo. But we know that when christ appears, we shall be like him, for we. John used the verb believe 98 times which is more than all the uses in the synoptic gospels combined.
The gospel of john, chapter 3, verse 16, is one of the alltime beloved and wellknown verses in the entire bible. John mentions several times that the lord jesus laid down his life voluntarily john 10. Nicodemus was likely familiar with the baptisms performed by john the baptist. For god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes. The text found in chapter 3, verse 16, of most books in the bible is a typical verse with no special distinction. If you wanna learn things about hope, and forgiveness, youll relate to the stories and explanations that lucado shared. Jesus proclaims the good news, the gospel of jesus christ as the savior. John 16 niv bible all this i have told you so that. It has also been called the gospel in a nutshell, because it is considered a summary of the central theme of traditional christianity.
In connection with john s gospel all of this points to the apostle john as author of the epistle compare with notes on john s gospel. Now viewing scripture range from the book of john chapter 3. A key word is a word or phrase that functions to unlock the meaning of a text. John 3, new international version niv the bible app. This 108part expository study of the gospel of john was preached at flagstaff christian fellowship from 202015. In fact if one does a search for the believe using the root belie.
In this lab, john piper reminds us of our only hope is salvation through faith in gods son. John 3 indepth verse by verse bible study and commentary of john chapter 3 in plain english. John 1 the word became flesh 1 in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. It is frequently called the golden text of scripture. The son of god had power to lay down his life and he had power to take it again 10. John wrote the greek word agape for gods unconditional love. This chapter contains the most recognizable verse in the entire bible, john 3. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of john in the bible new international version. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. One might be shocked to learn, therefore, that this great passage is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented texts of the word of god. John chapter 3 is one of the most important in the entire gospel.
And there was a man of the pharisees, named nicodemus, a ruler of the jews. Verse 16 chapter 3 of the book of ephesians the bible. Chapter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. He gave, i stop and ponder that in my heart and my soul. In the latter 3 cases the context makes clear that it means from above. John 3 is the third chapter of the gospel of john in the new testament of the christian bible. Our greatest problem is not cancer, poverty, or death. First john chapter 4 helps one to test the spirits to see whether they belong to god, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. Still, the verses which follow are just as critical for understanding the christian message. That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man.
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