John 3:16-18 Because God loved all of us “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten (old English, middle English, verb, 1. To father, 2. To cause or create) son, that whosoever anybody believeth in him Jesus should not perish (middle English, old French, Latin, verb,1. to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.:2. to pass away or disappear: 3. to suffer destruction or ruin: 4. to suffer spiritual death); but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world among men to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
For God so loved the world- God loved the world of men (all human beings) kosmios kos’-mee-os, probably from the base of 2865 (komizo, kom-id’-zo, from a primary komeo (to tend i.e. take care of; properly to provide for, i.e.by implication, to carry off ) as if from harm; generally, obtain): – bring, receive.
That He gave His only begotten Son– God loved each one of us so, that He gave what was required for our redemption, His only begotten Son: The blood of a he-lamb was the requirement for our redemption from sin and our adoption into the family of God (Leviticus 17:11, Hebrews 9:22). Gave – 1325 didomi, did’-o-mee; a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as alternate in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly or by implication literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection); -adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield. Matthew 26:67 Mark 14:65, Luke 23:63-64, St. John 18:22.
That whosoever believeth in him – Any one that believeth in Jesus, his ‘only’ begotten son 4100 pisteuo, pist-yoo-o; from 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ):- believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with. 4102 pistis, pis’–tis; from 3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of a religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstract constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:-assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Should not perish – God sent his only begotten Son, to save us from Apolluon, Satan, so he would not destroy us-here on earth (Jeremiah 29:11) and in hell. 622 apollumi, ap-ol’-loo-mee; from 575 and the base of 3639; to destroy fully (reflexive to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively:-destroy, die, lose, mar, perish. 575 apo; a primary particle; “off”, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literally or figuratively):- (x here-) after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for (-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-) on (-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
But have everlasting life – This is the fulfillment of the promise. Most people don’t understand that Jesus gave his life that all human beings might have eternal life. Most don’t understand that it’s your choice where you spend eternity. If you allow Jesus to live in you, and “follow on to know him”, then you gain the final destination heaven. If you live unto yourself, for yourself, without the saviour, you inherit hell, for all eternity. The most amazing thing is that if you accept Jesus as saviour, you not only get heaven, but in this life you are never alone, you improve as an individual, and life itself gets better for you. Everlasting 166 aiōniŏs, ahee-o’-nee-os; from 165; perpetual(also used of past time, or past and future as well):-eternal; for ever, everlasting, world (began). 165 aiōn, ahee-ohn’; from the same as 104; properly an age; by extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world; specifically (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):- age, course, eternal, (for) ever (-more), In-lever, (beginning of the, while the) world (began, without end). Compare 5550. 104 aei, ah-eye; from an obsolete primitive noun (apparently meaning continued duration); “ever”, by qualification regularly; by implication earnestly:- always, ever. 5550 chrŏnŏs, khron’-os; of uncertain derivative; a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication delay:- + years old, season, space, (x often-) time (-s), (a) while.