"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not reckoning their transgressions to them, and committing to us the word of this reconciliation.

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

By this the love of God is manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, in order that we might live through Him.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

We love Him because He first loved us.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, He who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [Him].

And He said, Lay not your hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, and for My sake you have not spared your beloved son.

Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he even sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up on behalf of us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

Faithful is this word, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first.

However, because of this I was shown mercy, so that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, as a pattern for those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.