Joh 3:16, 15:13, Rom 5:8, Eph 5:2, 25, 1Jo 4:9, 11 | ISV | STEP | “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life.Rom 5:8; 1John 4:9

John 15:13

13 No one shows ^{▼▼Lit. has} greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.John 10:11, 15; Rom 5:7-8; Eph 5:2; 1John 3:16

Romans 5:8

8 But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.John 15:13; 1Pet 3:18; 1John 3:16; 4:9-10

Ephesians 5:2

2 Live in love as Christ also loved us ^{▼▼Other mss. read you} and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9; John 13:34; 15:12; 2Cor 2:15; Gal 1:4; 2:20; 1Thes 4:9; Heb 7:27; 1John 3:11, 16, 23; 4:21

Ephesians 5:25

25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it,Acts 20:28; Gal 1:4; 2:20; Eph 2:2; Col 3:19; 1Pet 3:7

1 John 4:9

9 This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.John 3:16; Rom 5:8; 8:32; 1John 3:16; 5:11

1 John 4:11

11 Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love one another.Matt 18:33; John 15:12-13; 1John 3:16