John 3:16 (WEB)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Catechism · 4
I Believe in God
“God loves his people more than a bridegroom his beloved; his love will be victorious over even the worst infidelities and will extend to his most precious gift: "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:16; cf. Hos 11:1; Is 49:14-15; 62 :4-5; Ezek 16; Hos 11.
"And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"
“Jesus calls himself the "only Son of God", and by this title affirms his eternal pre-existence.” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:16; cf. 10:36.
The Son of God Became Man
“"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:16.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“God commits himself by his own solemn oath to giving his beloved Son and "the promised Holy Spirit . . . [who is] the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:13-14; cf. Gen 22:17-19; Lk 1:73; Jn 3:16; Rom 8:32; Gal 3:14.
Fathers and councils · 25
Tertullian
“In His address to Nicodemus He says: “So God loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”” — editor's note: John iii. 16.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For He who here says, ‘I came not to judge the world but to save,’ is shewn to be no other than the Only-begotten Son of God, by the same John’s saying before, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 16–19.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Believe thou therefore on Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, and a Son Only-Begotten, according to the Gospel which says, For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — editor's note: John iii. 16.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For he writes that the Lord said: “God so loved this world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 16.
Read the whole comment“Not without the Father does He work; not without His Father’s Will did He offer Himself for that most holy Passion, the Victim slain for the salvation of the whole world; not without His Father’s Will concurring did He raise the dead to life.” — editor's note: Heb. x. 10–12; S. John iii. 16, 17; i. 29.
Read the whole comment“But the same love is in the Father, for it is written: “God so loved the world, that He gave His Only-begotten Son.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 16.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“The divine John exclaims “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,” and the divine Paul, “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more being reconciled we shall be saved by His life.”” — editor's note: John iii. 16
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“He is also Mathan, that is, ‘giving,’ or, ‘given,’ for, “He gave gifts for men;” [Eph 4:8] and, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son.” [John 3:16]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Hilary of Poitiers
“His words, Which is in the bosom of the Father, shew that he anticipated these blasphemous designations; and, indeed, he had heard his Lord say, 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.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 16.
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Leo the Great
“…to John’s Gospel, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that everyone who believes in Him may not perish, but have eternal life;” as also what the Apostle Paul says, “Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a victim to God for a sweet-smelling savour.”” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 16.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And again: “He that believeth hath everlasting life.”” — editor's note: John iii. 15, 16, 36, v. 24.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Having said, Even so must the Son of man be lifted up, alluding to His death; lest His hearer should be cast down by His words, forming some human notion of Him, and thinking of His death as an evil1, He corrects…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John
If it were only a creature given up for the sake of a creature, such a poor and insignificant loss were no great evidence of love. They must be precious things which prove our love, great things must evidence its…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
As He said above, that the Son of man came down from heaven, not meaning that His flesh did come down from heaven, on account of the unity of person in Christ, attributing to man what belonged to God: so now…
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1; Note here, that the same which he before said of the Son of man, lifted up on the cross, he repeats of the only begotten Son of God: viz. That whosoever believeth in Him, &c. For the same our Maker and Redeemer,…
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Truly through the Son of God shall the world have life; for for no other cause came He into the world, except to save the world. God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
For why is He called the Saviour of the world, but because Ho saves the world? The physician, so far as his will is concerned, heals the sick. If the sick despises or will not observe the directions of the physician,…
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Because however He says this, slothful men in the multitude of their sins, and excess of carelessness, abuse God’s mercy, and say, There is no hell, no punishment; God remits us all our sins. But let us remember,…
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He who believes on Him, and cleaves to Him as a member to the head, will not be condemned.
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What didst thou expect Him to say of him who believed not, except that he is condemned. Yet mark His words: He that believeth not is condemned already. The Judgment hath not appeared, bat it is already given. For the…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Or the meaning is, that disbelief itself is the punishment of the impenitent: inasmuch as that is to be without light, and to be without light is of itself the greatest punishment. Or He is announcing what is to be.…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
Or thus: In the last judgment some perish without being judged, of whom it is here said, He that believeth not is condemned already. For the day of judgment does not try those who for unbelief are already banished…
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He then gives the reason why he who believeth not is condemned, viz. because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God. For in this name alone is there salvation. God hath not many sons who can…
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Where then do we place baptized children? Amongst those who believe? This is acquired for them by the virtue of the Sacrament, and the pledges of the sponsors. And by this same rule we reckon those who are not…
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Cross-references · 36
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in Catechism §444.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.6.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.11.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.13.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.6.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 26.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in Catechism §458.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.6.
Cited together in Catechism §219.
Cited together in Catechism §219.
Cited together in Catechism §219.
Cited together in Catechism §219.
Cited together in Catechism §219.
Cited together in Catechism §444.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in Catechism §444.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 58.
Cited together in Catechism §444.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.11.