John 3:16-19 NIV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:16

Verse 16 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 we arrive at the unmerited love of God. As the whole matter of our salvation must not be sought any where else than in Christ, so we must see whence Christ came to us, and why he was offered to be our Savior. Both points are distinctly stated to us: namely, that faith in Christ brings life to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:17

Verse 17 17.For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world. It is a confirmation of the preceding statement; for it was not in vain that God sent his own Son to us. He came not to destroy; and therefore it follows, that it is the peculiar office of the Son of God, that all who believe may obtain salvation by him. There is now no reason why any man should be in a state of hesitation, or of distressing anxiety, as to the manner in which he may escape death, when we believe that it... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:18

Verse 18 18.He who believeth in him is not condemned. When he so frequently and so earnestly repeats, that all believers are beyond danger of death, we may infer from it the great necessity of firm and assured confidence, that the conscience may not be kept perpetually in a state of trembling and alarm. He again declares that, when we havebelieved, there is no remaining condemnation, which he will afterwards explain more fully in the Fifth Chapter. The present tense — is not condemned — is here... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:19

Verse 19 19.And this is the condemnation He meets the murmurs and complaints, by which wicked men are wont to censure — what they imagine to be the excessive rigour of God, when he acts towards them with greater severity than they expected. All think it harsh that they who do not believe in Christ should be devoted to destruction. That no man may ascribe his condemnation to Christ, he shows that every man ought to impute the blame to himself. The reason is, that unbelief is a testimony of a bad... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:1-36

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:3-21

5. The revelation of earthly and heavenly things to one who knew that God was with him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

For God so loved the world. The Divine love to the whole of humanity in its condition of supreme need, i.e. apart from himself and his grace, has been of such a commanding, exhaustless, immeasurable kind, that it was equal to any emergency, and able to secure for the worst and most degraded, for the outcast, the serpent-bitten and the dying, a means of unlimited deliverance and uplifting. The Divine love is the sublime source of the whole proceeding, and it has been lavished on "the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

The immensity of God's love to the world. The apostle here emphasizes the love which was manifest in the method of salvation. I. THE TRUE ORIGIN OF SALVATION . "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son." It is God's love, infinite, eternal, unchangeable. 1 . Salvation is not wrung from the Father by the Son. The atonement was the effect, not the cause, of God's love. 2 . This love is no contradiction to the wrath of God, which is implied in this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

The greatness of God's love to the world. This will be seen if we consider— I. THE OBJECT OF HIS LOVE . "The world"—the fallen human family. 1 . There was nothing in the world to attract and deserve his love. For he loved the world, not as he made it, but as it made itself by sin. God loves all holy beings. This is natural, as natural as it is for a virtuous father to love a dutiful son. But God loved the world in its disobedience and sin. It was the magnitude and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

The love of God in deed and truth. Here the producing cause of the gospel is briefly stated—why men need it, and why God sends it. How God regards the world and what he would do for it are here set before us. I. THE WOULD IS A PERISHING WORLD . If those believing in the Son of God will not perish, the conclusion is plain that those who remain unbelieving in Christ will perish. The word might have been, "God so loved the world as to fill it, with all manner of things pleasant... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:1-36

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - John 3:16

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