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Verse John 3:16. _FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD_] Such a love as that
which induced God to give his only begotten son to die for the world
could not be _described_: Jesus Christ does not attempt it. He h...
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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
h...
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II. ETERNAL LIFE IMPARTED:
What it is and What it Includes
Chapter 2:23-17
The second part of this Gospel contains the blessed teachings the Son
of God gave concerning eternal life, how it is impart...
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THE CONVERSATION WITH NICODEMUS. Nicodemus is an example of those to
whom the Lord could not trust Himself. The story shows how He tried to
bring those whom His teaching had impressed to a truer conce...
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FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, ETC.
There is no sweeter verse in the Bible. It declares,
1. That God is love.
2. That he loved the world instead of hating it.
3. Th...
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THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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LOVED. Greek _agapao._ App-135. A word characteristic of this Gospel.
See p. 1511.
WORLD. Greek. _kosmos._ App-129. See note on John 1:9. only, &c. See
John 1:14.
SON. App-108.
EVERLASTING. Same as...
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John 3:1-21. The discourse with Nicodemus
This is the first of the eleven discourses of our Lord which form the
main portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel.
They have been u...
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John 3:1-21. THE DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS
This is the first of the discourses of our Lord which form the main
portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel. They
have been used as a...
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VER 16. 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. 17. FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO
COND...
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_JESUS AFFIRMS HIS DEITY -- JOHN 3:9-21:_ Nicodemus did not yet
understand that if it is true that Jesus is God in the flesh that
man's obligation was to obey him. Jesus proved His Divinity by saying,...
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ΟΎΤΩΣ ΓΆΡ — как обретение жизни
вечной основано на вознесении Сына,
так и вознесение Сына основано на
любви Бога (Carson),
ΉΓΆΠΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить
(TDNT; TLNT; EDNT; James Mo...
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DISCOURSE: 1610
THE LOVE OF GOD IN GIVING HIS SON FOR MAN
John 3:16. _For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everl...
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FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,— Our Lord here assures Nicodemus, that
men owed the unspeakable happiness spoken of in the preceding verse,
to the free and unutterable love of God the Father, who desired...
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MORE HEAVENLY MYSTERIES
_Text 3:16-21_
16
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.
17
For God sent...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 3:9-21
We begin with an Analysis of the passage which is before us:—
"Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?" (John
3:9). How this revea...
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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.
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOT...
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1 We have found an unholy temple, an unspiritual priesthood, and now
we are introduced to an ignorant teacher! Intense application to a
single text book for a whole life had not taught him the element...
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3:16 on (a-16) _ Eis_ , as in ver. 36; chs. 4.39; 6.29,35,40. so (b-3)
I have hesitated a moment whether 'so' referred to the kind of love
that gives 'eternal life,' which is mentioned in verse 15, an...
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THE NEW BIRTH. JOHN'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS
1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though
disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had
made an impression,...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 3
JESUS TEACHES NICODEMUS 3:1-21
V1-2 A *Jewish leader called Nicodemus came to speak to Jesus.
Nicodemus was a *Pharise...
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The last verse has spoken of “every one who believeth.” The
thought went beyond the limits that Rabbis set to the kingdom of God.
Its only limit is humanity. This thought is now repeated and
strengthe...
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CHAPTER 8
THE BRAZEN SERPENT.
“Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and
understandest not these things? Ver...
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Several conservative theologians, Neander, Tholuck, Westcott, are of
opinion that the words of Jesus end with John 3:15, and that from John
3:16-21 we have an addition by the evangelist. There is much...
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LOVE'S GREAT GIFT: RECEIVED OR REJECTED
John 3:9-21
Though physically on earth, our Lord was spiritually in touch with the
heavenly realities. He was living among them and bore witness to them.
Noti...
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Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of
Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to
investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because h...
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(5) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth (o) in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
(5) Nothing else but the free love of the Father...
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_Give his only begotten Son --- God sent not his Son into the world.
He was then his Son, his only begotten Son, before he sent him into
the world. He was not, therefore, his Son, only by the incarnat...
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CHAPTER 8
REGENERATION THE GREAT SINE QUA NON
John 3:1-21. _“There was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and
said, Master, we know...
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VER. 16. “ _For God so loved the world that he gave his
only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish,
but should have eternal life._ ”
Here is the ἐπουράνιον, the heavenly myst...
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Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (10)
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things? (11) Verily, verily, I say unto thee, W...
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The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject
which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the
most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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_THE MAGNA CHARTA OF CHRISTIANITY_
‘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.’
John 3:16
That is...
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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 w...
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But there was a man (chapter 3) and that a Pharisee who was not
satisfied with this inoperative conviction. His conscience was
reached. Seeing Jesus, and hearing His testimony, had produced a sense
of...
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FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,.... The Persic version reads "men": but
not every man in the world is here meant, or all the individuals of
human nature; for all are not the objects of God's special love,...
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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.
Ver. 16. _God so loved the world_] This is a _sic_ _so_ w...
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_For God so loved the world_, &c. Here our Lord proceeds to inform
Nicodemus, that men owed the blessings above mentioned to the free and
immense love of God the Father, who desired their salvation wi...
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GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON; the highest expression of his infinite
compassion. Chap John 1:14....
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The purpose of Christ's coming:...
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NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH
(vs.1-21)
Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however
one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the
Lord by night, eviden...
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1-8 Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ,
therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there
are many Nicodemites. But though he came by night, Jesus bid him
welco...
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FOR GOD the Father, who is the Lord of all, debtor to none, sufficient
to himself, SO LOVED THE WORLD, that is, Gentiles as well as Jews.
There is a great contest about the signification of the term,...
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Tertullian Against Praxeas
In His address to Nicodemus He says: "So God loved the world, that He
gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting li...
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John 3:16 For G1063 God G2316 so G3779 loved G25 (G5656) world G2889
that G5620 gave G1325 (G5656) His G846 begotten G3439 Son G5207 that
G2443 whoever G3956 believes G4100 (G5723) in G1519 Him G846 s...
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‘For God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whoever believes on him should not perish but have everlasting
life'.
The message is now expanded. The reason that Jesus has...
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It is of much importance to keep the closing verses of chap. 2 in
close connection with the opening verses of chap. 3 (see the
commentary on John 3:1). Rejected by the theocracy of Israel Jesus
turns...
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FOR SO
(ουτως γαρ). This use of γαρ is quite in John's style in
introducing his comments (John 2:25; John 4:8; John 5:13, etc.). This
"Little Gospel" as it is often called, this "comfortable word...
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PERISH
(Greek, "apollumi") translated "marred," (Mark 2:22); "lost,";
(Matthew 10:6); (Matthew 15:24); (Matthew 18:11); (Luke 15:4); (Luke
15:6); (Luke 15:32). In no New Testament instance does it si...
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John 3:16
I. A difficulty arises in considering this text. If God so loved the
world, why did He allow the fall of man. I answer, Never was a kinder
act in God's whole government than that fall of man...
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If you were sent for to visit a dying man, and you wished to select a
chapter which would set the truth before him very briefly and very
clearly, you could not make a better choice than this 3 rd chap...
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CONTENTS: Nicodemus and the new birth. The last testimony of John the
Baptist.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Nicodemus, John the Baptist,
Moses, John's disciples.
CONCLUSION: Since the natura...
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John 3:1. _Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews._ This rabbi is named by
John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the
crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Chris...
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FOR GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH. Love caused God to act through Jesus
to set men free! This verse says: (1) God is love. (2) Instead of
hating the world, he loved it. (3) He _gave_ his only Son becaus...
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_God so loved the world, that He gave His-only begotten Son_
THE GOSPEL IN BRIEF
Pliny declares that Cicero once saw the Iliad of Homer written in so
small a character that it could be contained in...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:16 FOR connects to v. John 3:15 and explains
what happened to make it possible that someone can “have eternal
life” (v. John 3:15). GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD. God’s love for
“the worl...
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1-36
CHAPTER 3
_There was a man_, &c. Nicodemus means in Greek _the conqueror of the
people._ Such was this man; who, overcoming the fear of the people,
the Pharisees, and the priests, believed in C...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 3:16. These verses are confidently held by many to contain the
reflections of the Evangelist, and not to be a continuation of our
Lord’s discourse. But
(1) there...
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EXPOSITION
This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this
evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated,
hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an unfriend...
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Have we got a message for you tonight from the Word of God! John
chapter 3 and 4, oh my, how rich! How blessed!
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews
(John 3:1).
We k...
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1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:19; 1 John 4:9; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:16;
2 Corinthians 5:19; Genesis 22:12; John 1:14; John 1:18; John 3:15;...
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The world [κ ο σ μ ο ν]. See on 1 9.
Gave. Rather than sent; emphasizing the idea of sacrifice.
Only - begotten Son. See on 1 14.
Have. See on ver. 15.
This attitude of God toward the world is in...
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SALVATION MADE PLAIN
John 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are using the story of Nicodemus as the basis of our message for
today. However, we are planning to bring out some very vital
considerations whic...
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Yea, and this was the very design of God's love in sending him into
the world. Whosoever believeth on him — With that faith which
worketh by love, and hold fast the beginning of his confidence
steadfa...
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How can this verse say God hates some people when John 3:16 says God
loves everyone?
(See discussion under Psalms 5:5)...
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Here observe, 1. The original source and fountain of man's salvation;
and that is, God's free and undeserved, his great and wonderful love.
GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD; he doth not say how much, but leaves...