This verse of scripture is one of the first I ever learned and it is one that is familiar to many. Let's look at a breakdown of this verse. Those words in the parentheses are definitions from www.dictionary.com .
" For God (Yahweh; the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.) so loved (held in deep affection; cherished) the world that he gave (past tense of give which means: to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation) his only begotten (past participle of beget: to procreate or generate) Son, that whosoever believeth (believes: to have faith in the reliability, honesty, benevolence,etc., of) in him should not perish (to suffer destruction or ruin), but have everlasting (lasting forever; eternal) life."
What a MIGHTY God we serve. A God who looked at mankind in our fallen state and decided to provide us with a means of salvation if we would only believe.
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