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English Standard Version

I have loved you, says the Lord.

Malachi 1:2

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

John 3:16 (ESV)

Malachi 1 (English Standard Version)

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob
3 but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”
4 If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’”
5 Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!”

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John 3 (English Standard Version)

13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

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I have loved you, says the Lord.

Malachi 1:2

God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life.

John 3:16

Malachi 1 (Free Bible Version)

1 A prophecy: This message came from the Lord concerning Israel through Malachi.
2 I have loved you, says the Lord.
But you ask, “How have you loved us?”
Wasn't Esau Joseph's brother? the Lord responds. But I loved Joseph
3 and despised Esau. I have made Esau's mountain homeland into a wasteland, and turned his inheritance into a desert for jackals.
4 The people of Edom may be saying: “We have been beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But this is what the Lord Almighty says, They may try and build, but I will tear down. They will be called a land of wickedness, and the people those who make the Lord angry forever.
5 You will see this destruction with your own eyes, and you will say, “The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.”

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John 3 (Free Bible Version)

13 No one has gone up to heaven, but the Son of man came down from heaven.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of man must be lifted up,
15 that everyone who trusts in him will have eternal life.
16 For God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life.
17 God didn't send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don't trust in him are condemned already because they didn't trust in the one and only Son of God.
19 This is how the decision is made: the light came to the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light, for their actions were evil.

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