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Scripture Analysis

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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  • Does God love everyone?

    John 3:16 says God so loved the world, and 1 John 4:8 and 4:16 declare God is love. But the Hebrew Bible has YHWH explicitly hating nations, the wicked, the workers of iniquity, false witnesses, the disobedient, and Esau by name — and Romans 9:13 picks up that last one as canonical New Testament theology.

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