John 3:14-20

¹⁴Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

¹⁵that everyone who believes in Him should not die, but have eternal life.

¹⁶For God so sincerely loved the world that He gave His only born Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁷For God didn’t send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

¹⁸Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever doesn’t believe is condemned already because that person has not believed in the name of God’s only Son.

¹⁹This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, but people sincerely loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

²⁰Everyone who practices evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, for fear that their deeds will be exposed.