75 Observations on John 3:16

“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.” (NASB)

#1-25 – on just 3:16:

1. John 3:16 begins with a word often used to ground some preceding statement, “for.”
2. John 3:16 states that God  loved.  
3. John 3:16 states that God loved the world.
4. John 3:16 says that there was a way in which God loved the world.
5. John 3:16 says that the way in which God loved the world was to give his Son.
6. John 3:16 indicates that God is male.
7. John 3:16 states that God has  a  Son.  
8. John 3:16 states that God has  one  Son.  
9. John 3:16 states that God has only one Son.
10. John 3:16 states that God’s Son is able to be believed in.
11. John 3:16 indicates that God’s  act  of  giving  follows  God’s  act  of  loving.  
12. John 3:16 describes life as eternal.  
13. John 3:16 states that there exists such a thing as eternal  life.  
14. John 3:16 states that eternal  life  is  available  to  whoever.  
15. John 3:16 states that not  perishing  is  available  to  whoever.  
16. The “He” in John 3:16 refers to God.
17. The “His” in John 3:16 refers to God.
18. The “Him” in John 3:16 could  grammatically  refer  to  God  or  His  only  begotten  Son.
19. John 3:16 states that those  who  believe  in  God’s  Son  (or  God)  will  not  perish.  
20. John 3:16 states that those  who  believe  in  God’s  Son  (or  God)  will  have  eternal  life.  
21. John 3:16 qualifies that belief  must  be  in  God’s only begotten Son (or  God).  
22. John 3:16 states that belief  in  God’s only begotten Son (or  God)  is  open  to  whoever.  
23. John 3:16 says that a purpose of God’s giving his Son includes belief.
24. John 3:16 says that a purpose of God’s giving his Son includes non perishing.
25. John 3:16 says that a purpose of God’s giving his Son includes eternal life.

#26-50 – on preceding context, informing 3:16:

26. According to John 3:10, Jesus is the speaker in John 3:16.
27. According to John 1:38, Jesus, who is talking in John 3:16, was called a Rabbi or teacher.
28. According to John 3:2, the content of John 3:16 is a teaching of the Rabbi, Jesus, spoken
at night.
29. According to John 3:9, Jesus is speaking in John 3:16 to Nicodemus.
30. According to John 3:1, Nicodemus, the person to whom Jesus is speaking in John 3:16, is
a Pharisee.
31. According to John 3:9, Jesus’ speaking in John 3:16 is in response to a question.
32. According to John 3:3, Jesus’ speaking in John 3:16 is in response to a question
Nicodemus had regarding Jesus’ teaching on being born again.
33. According to John 1:29, Jesus, who is speaking in John 3:16, was called the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world.

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 34. According to John 1:12, the right to become children of God, in addition to not perishing
and eternal life in John 3:16, is connected to belief.
35. According to John 1:1 God, who gave his Son in John 3:16, is also called the Word.
36. According to John 1:1 the Word was also with God, who gave his Son in John 3:16.
37. According to John 1:14, the Word’s glory was as of the only begotten from the Father,
whom God gave in John 3:16.
38. According to John 1:14, the glory of the Word, whom God gave in John 3:16, was full of
grace and truth.
39. According to John 1:15 and 30, Jesus, who is speaking in John 3:16, preexisted John the
Baptizer.
40. According to John 1:17, grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ, who is
speaking in John 3:16.
41. According to John 1:18, the only begotten Son, given in John 3:16, is God.
42. According to John 1:18, the only begotten Son, given in John 3:16, is also in the bosom
of the Father.
43. According to John 1:18, no one has seen God, the one who gave his only Son in John
3:16, at any time.
44. According to John 1:18, God, who gave his Son in John 3:16, has explained Him.
45. According to John 1:2, the Word was in the beginning with God, who gave his Son in
John 3:16.
46. According to John 1:3, the world, which God loved in John 3:16, came into being
through God, the Word.
47. According to John 1:2, life, mentioned in John 3:16, is called the Light.
48. According to John 3:10, Jesus expected Nicodemus, as the teacher of Israel, to know the
content of John 3:16.
49. According to John 3:12, Jesus says the content of John 3:16 involves heavenly things.
50. Jesus’ disciples, since they believed in Him, according to John 2:11, shall not perish, but
have eternal life, according to John 3:16.

#51-75 – on following context, informing 3:16:

51. According to John 3:17, God did not send the Son, given in John 3:16, into the world to
judge the world.
52. According to John 3:17, God did send the Son, given in John 3:16, into the world so that
the world might be saved
53. According to John 3:17, God sent the Son, given in John 3:16, into the world so that the
world might be saved through Him.
54. According to John 3:18, the person who believes in Jesus, the speaker in John 3:16, is not
judged.
55. According to John 3:18, the person who does not believe in Jesus, the speaker in John
3:16, has already been judged.
56. According to John 3:22, after Jesus spoke John 3:16, he went with His disciples to Judea.
57. According to John 3:19, the Light, which is connected to life in John 3:16 (John 1:12),
has come into the world.
58. According to John 3:27, A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from
heaven, including God’ Son, given in John 3:16.
59. According to John 3:27, God’ Son, given in John 3:16, was given from heaven.
60. According to John 3:27, God, who gave his Son in John 3:16, is from heaven.
61. According to John 3:31, God’s Son, who came to the world from heaven in John 3:16, is

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62. According to John 3:33, God, who gave his Son in John 3:16, is true.
63. According to John 3:35, God, who gave his Son in John 3:16, also loves the Son.
64. According to John 3:35, God, who gave his Son in John 3:16, has given all things into
His hand.
65. According to John 3:36, the “Him” in John 3:16 refers to God’s only  begotten  Son.
66. According to John 3:36, the one who does not obey the Son, given by God in John 3:16,
will not see life.
67. According to John 3:36, the wrath of God abides on the one who does not obey the Son,
given by God in John 3:16.
68. According to John 4:14, Jesus says that the water he gives will become, in its recipient, a
well of water springing up to eternal life, which is promised to those who believe in John
3:16.
69. According to John 4:24, God, who gave his Son in John 3:16, is spirit.
70. According to John 4:26, Jesus, who is speaking in John 3:16, is Christ, the Messiah.
71. According to John 4:28, unless some people see signs and wonders, they will not believe,
which is necessary for not perishing and having eternal life, according to John 3:16.
72. According to John 5:18, Jesus, who spoke John 3:16, called God His own Father, making
Himself equal with God.
73. According to John 5:23, whoever does not honor God’s Son, given by God in John 3:16,
does not honor the Father who sent Him.
74. According to John 5:24, whoever hears Jesus’ words (including John 3:16) and believes
in Him who sent Jesus has eternal life, which is promised to those who believe in John
3:16.
75. According to John 5:36, the Father sent Jesus, who spoke John 3:16, and gave him works
to accomplish.

January 21, 2010

Nathan Miller

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