john-3:16-19,-john-3:16-niv

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:16

(16) 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 strengthened by the “might not perish,” and the love of God is made the foundation on which it rests. Perhaps no verse in the Bible has been so much explained as this; perhaps no verse can be so little explained. Most young preachers have sermons upon it; older men learn that its meaning must be felt... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:17

(17) To condemn the world gives to the English reader a stronger impression than that of the original Greek. The word (κρίνω, krino, the Latin c(k)erno, and the English dis-cern) means originally to separate, and in the moral sense to separate good from evil. Passing from the act to the effect, it may mean to absolve; but as the usual effect of separation is to exclude the evil, the word has attached to itself more frequently the idea of condemnation. Our word judge, which has itself something... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:18

(18) He that believeth on him is not condemned.—Again, judged is better than “condemned.” There is, moreover, an important change of tense in this verse, which the Authorised version does not mark clearly. He that believeth on Him, is not judged: but he that believeth not hath been (and is) already judged.Because he hath not believed.—The human spirit fulfils the end of its being, and finds its highest good, in communion with God. It cannot, then, fail to recognise and believe in a revelation... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:19

(19) And this is the condemnation.—For “condemnation” read judgment; for “light” and “darkness,” the light and the darkness. The object is salvation, not judgment (John 3:17); but the separation of the good involves the judgment of the evil. The light makes the darkness visible. Both were before men. That they chose darkness was the act of their own will, and this act of the will was determined by the evil of their deeds. “The light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 3:1-36

The Intellectual Type John 3:1 I. The prominent feature of this man's nature was pure intellectuality the love of truth as such; a strong man, and yet a weak man; one without whom neither the Church nor the world can well do, and yet who has many failings. This man was bent more on spiritual certainty than on spiritual safety. We all know this type of man lean of visage, hungry of soul, burning with a consuming desire to unlock the riddle of the universe the devotee, often the martyr, of the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 3:9-21

Chapter 8THE 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? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and bear witness of that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things? And no man hath ascended into heaven, but He that descended out of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 3:1-36

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 imparted and what it includes. Everything in these chapters is new. The story of Nicodemus, the woman at Sychar’s well, the healing of the impotent man, the discourses of our Lord, etc., are not reported by the synoptic Gospels. There is not a word of the Sermon on the Mount reported by John; the many... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 3:16

3:16 {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 is the beginning of our salvation, and Christ is he in whom our righteousness and salvation dwells: and faith is the instrument or means by which we apprehend it, and everlasting life is that which is set before us to apprehend.(o) It is not the same to believe in a thing, and to believe about a... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 3:17

3:17 {6} For God sent not his Son into the world {p} to condemn the world; but that the {q} world through him might be saved.(6) Christ does not condemn, but rather despising Christ condemns.(p) That is, to be the cause of the condemning of the world, for indeed sins are the cause of death; however, Christ will still judge the living and the dead.(q) Not only the people of the Jews, but whoever will believe in him. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - John 3:19

3:19 {7} And this is the {r} condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.(7) The only reason why men refuse the light that is offered to them is wickedness.(r) That is, the cause of condemnation, which remains in men, unless through God’s great benefit they are delivered from it. read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 3:19

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 3:1-36

Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 3:9-21

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 3:1-36

Geneva Study Bible - John 3:16

Geneva Study Bible - John 3:17

Geneva Study Bible - John 3:19

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