Comparison of Popular Verses
Pick a well-known passage and read down the list. It runs word-for-word at the top to thought-for-thought at the bottom, so the rows closest together are the ones most alike.
for God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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.
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.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
“For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
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.
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.
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his uniquely existing Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.
For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life.
“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.
God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.
For God expressed His love for the world in this way: He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not face everlasting destruction, but will have everlasting life.
“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
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LSV: Literal Standard Version (LSV), copyright © 2020 by Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
LSB: Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org
LEB: Scripture quotations marked “LEB” are from the Lexham English Bible, copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.
NASB: Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
ESV: Scripture quotations marked “ESV” are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
WEB: World English Bible (WEB). Public domain.
KJV: King James Version (KJV). Public domain.
NKJV: Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
MEV: Scripture quotations marked “MEV” are taken from the Modern English Version, copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
AMP: Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMP), Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
NRSVue: Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
BSB: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Public domain.
MSB: Majority Standard Bible (MSB). Public domain.
ISV: Scripture quotations marked “ISV” are taken from the Holy Bible: International Standard Version®, copyright © 1996-forever by The ISV Foundation. Used by permission of Davidson Press, LLC. All rights reserved internationally.
CSB: Scripture quotations marked CSB are taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.
GW: All Scripture marked with the designation “GW” is taken from GOD’S WORD®, copyright © 1995, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020 by God’s Word to the Nations Mission Society. Used by permission.
NET: Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NET) are from the NET Bible® copyright © 1996, 2019 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. netbible.com. All rights reserved.
NIV: Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIrV: Scripture quotations marked “NIrV” are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version®, copyright © 1996, 1998 by Biblica. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of Biblica.
CEB: Scripture quotations are from the Common English Bible. Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
NCV: Scripture quotations marked “NCV” are taken from the New Century Version®, copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
NLT: Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
GNT: Scripture quotations marked “GNT” are from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version, Second Edition, copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.
CEV: Scripture quotations marked “CEV” are from the Contemporary English Version, copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.
VOICE: Scripture quotations marked “VOICE” are taken from The Voice™, copyright © 2008 by Ecclesia Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
MSG: Scripture quotations marked “MSG” are taken from THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.