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John 3:36

John 3:36 is verse 36 of John chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

Some translators close this quotation after verse 30.

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King James Version

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

World English Bible

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

The same word can be translated “disobeys” or “disbelieves” in this context.

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John 3:34–36 · Berean Standard Bible

34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 3:15

that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 1:12

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 6:47

Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

John 6:48

I am the bread of life.

John 6:49

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

John 6:50

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

John 6:52

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

John 6:53

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

John 6:54

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

Habakkuk 2:4

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —

Romans 1:17

For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 8:1

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

1 John 5:11

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

1 John 5:12

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:13

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

John 3:3

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

John 8:51

Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”

Numbers 32:11

‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

Job 33:28

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Psalms 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Psalms 49:19

he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.

Psalms 106:4

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Psalms 106:5

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

Luke 2:30

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

Luke 3:6

And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

Romans 8:24

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Psalms 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Romans 1:18

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Romans 4:15

because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Romans 5:9

Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

Galatians 3:10

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Hebrews 10:29

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Revelation 6:16

And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

Revelation 6:17

For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

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