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.
21Whoever practices the truth comes to the light to show clearly that their deeds have been done with God.”
22After this, Jesus and His disciples went out into the countryside of Judea, where He remained with them, and baptized.
23John was also baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24John had not yet been thrown into prison.
25There were some questions between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification.
26They came to John and told him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, that you have testified about — look, He is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to Him!”
27John replied, “A man can receive nothing, unless it’s given to him from Heaven.
28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I’m not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’
29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and rejoices when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This joy of mine is now made complete.
30He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3
John 3:15-30