12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
15that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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