John 3:16 (BSB)
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Commentary on John 3:16
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on John 3:16: 16. For God so loved the world. Christ opens up the first cause, and, as it were, the source of our salvation, and he does so, that no doubt may remain; for our minds cannot find calm repose, until we arrive at the unmerited love of God.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on John 3:1-21: We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one, a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of one soul. Observe, I. Who this Nicodemus was. Not many mighty and noble are called; yet some are, and here was one.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on John 3:16: For God sent not his Son into the world,.... God did send his Son into the world in the likeness of sinful flesh, being made of a woman, and made under the law; and which is an instance of his great love, and not of any disrespect to his Son, or of any inequality between them: but then this was not to condemn the world...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on John 3:16: Verse 16. For God so loved. This does not mean that God approved the conduct of men, but that he had benevolent feelings toward them, or was earnestly desirous of their happiness. God hates wickedness, but he still desires the happiness of those who are sinful. He hates the sin, but loves the sinner.