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Source language
Original Greek   
Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν ⸀υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλὰ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Outos gar egapesen o theos ton kosmon oste ton ruion ton monogene edoken, ina pas o pisteuon eis auton me apoletai alla ekhe zoen aionion.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
sic enim dilexit Deus mundum ut Filium suum unigenitum daret ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
New King James Version   
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
21st Century King James Version   
“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.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For God loved the world in this way: so much that he would give up his Son, The Only One, so that everyone who trusts in him shall not be lost, but he shall have eternal life.
Darby Bible Translation   
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God's Word   
God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
"For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
International Standard Version   
"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him might not be lost but have eternal life.
NET Bible   
For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
New American Standard Bible   
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
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 but have eternal life.
New Living Translation   
"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Weymouth New Testament   
For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.
The World English Bible   
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
EasyEnglish Bible   
God loved the people in the world so much that he gave his one and only Son to save them. As a result, everyone who believes in the Son will not die. Instead, they will live for ever with God.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
New Life Version   
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son. Whoever puts his trust in God’s Son will not be lost but will have life that lasts forever.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“For God so loves the world, that He has given His only begotten Son; that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
The Voice Bible   
For God expressed His love for the world in this way: He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not face everlasting destruction, but will have everlasting life.
Living Bible   
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
New Catholic Bible   
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may attain eternal life.
Legacy Standard Bible   
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Christian Standard Bible   
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
New Century Version   
“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
The Message   
“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
“For this is how God loved · the world: he gave his one and only Son · that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
New Matthew Bible   
For God so loves the world that he has given his only Son, so that none who believe in him should perish, but should have everlasting life.
Good News Translation®   
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.
Wycliffe Bible   
For God loved so the world [Forsooth God so loved the world], that he gave his one begotten Son, that each man that believeth in him perish not, but have everlasting life.
New Testament for Everyone   
This, you see, is how much God loved the world: enough to give his only, special son, so that everyone who believes in him should not be lost but should share in the life of God’s new age.
Contemporary English Version   
God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“So you are a teacher of Israel,” said Jesus, “and you do not recognise such things? I assure you that we are talking about something we really know and we are witnessing to something we have actually observed, yet men like you will not accept our evidence. Yet if I have spoken to you about things which happen on this earth and you will not believe me, what chance is there that you will believe me if I tell you about what happens in Heaven? No one has ever been up to Heaven except the Son of Man who came down from Heaven. The Son of Man must be lifted above the heads of men—as Moses lifted up that serpent in the desert—so that any man who believes in him may have eternal life. For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that every one who believes in him shall not be lost, but should have eternal life. You must understand that God has not sent his Son into the world to pass sentence upon it, but to save it—through him. Any man who believes in him is not judged at all. It is the one who will not believe who stands already condemned, because he will not believe in the character of God’s only Son. This is the judgment—that light has entered the world and men have preferred darkness to light because their deeds are evil. Anybody who does wrong hates the light and keeps away from it, for fear his deeds may be exposed. But anybody who is living by the truth will come to the light to make it plain that all he has done has been done through God.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
Common English Bible © 2011   
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
New American Standard Bible   
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.
The Expanded Bible   
“[L For] God loved the world so much that he gave his ·one and only [only; unique; T only begotten; 1:14, 18] Son so that whoever believes in him may not ·be lost [T perish], but have eternal life.
Tree of Life Version   
“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.
Revised Standard Version   
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
New International Reader's Version   
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.
BRG Bible   
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.
Complete Jewish Bible   
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
`God loved the world so very, very much that he gave his only Son. Because he did that, everyone who believes in him will not lose his life, but will live for ever.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For Hashem so had ahavah (agape) for the Olam Hazeh that Hashem gave the matanah (gift) [Isa 9:5 (6)] of Hashem’s Ben Yechid [Gn 22:12; Prov 30:4; 8:30} so that whosoever has emunah in him may not be ne’evad (lost, perish, be ruined with destruction), but find Chayyei Olam [Daniel 12:2].
Names of God Bible   
God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.
Modern English Version   
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.
International Children’s Bible   
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
Lexham English Bible   
For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
New International Version - UK   
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.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only-born Son, in order that everyone believing in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life.