[Sam]

Originally Posted by Straightline

Please don't misquote the words of Jesus to Nicodemus:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
kjv (which IS "Olde Skool")

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Straightline

For God so loued ye world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish, but haue everlasting life.KJV (1611 edition)

For 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. NIV

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

This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. The Message

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. The Amplified Bible

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. NLT

For God so lovedthe world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life ESV

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. CEV

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. NKJV

for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. YLT

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. Darby

For God loved so the world [Forsooth God so loved the world], that he gave his one begotten Son, that each man that believeth in him perish not, but have everlasting life. Wycliff

For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed. CJB

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life NRSV

For God so loveth the world, that he hath given his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Geneva Bible