John 3:16 - Every Christian's favorite verse

John 3:16 KJV - 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.

Literary Translations:

For = gar = reason

God = theh-os = diety

so = hoo-to = in this way (referring to what preceds or follows)

loved = ag-ap-ah-o = to love (in a social or moral sense)

the

world = kos-mos = arrangement, that is, decoration

that = hoce-teh = thus therefore

he gave = did-o-mee = to give

his = how-too = self

only begotten = mon-og-en-ace = only born

Son = hwee-os = son

that

whosoever = pas = all, any, every, whole

believeth = pisteuo = have faith, credit, entrust

in = ice = to, into

him = ow-tos = self (reflexive pronoun)

should not = may = negation

perish = ap-ol-loo-mee = destroy

but = al-lah = other

have = ekh-o = hold

everlasting = ahee-o-nee-os = perpetual

life = dzo-ay = life