| If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. | If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. |
| Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” | Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” |
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| Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. | Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. |
| And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. | Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. |
| Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. | Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. |
| No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. | No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. |
| Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” | Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” |
| Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ | Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. |
| He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. | He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. |
| But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. | Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. |
| I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. | I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father. |
| No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. |
| If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. | If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. |
| When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. | When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
| And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. | This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. |
| Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. | Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. |
| Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. | Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. | And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. |
| For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. | For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. |
| A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. | A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. |
| 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. | For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. |
| The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. | The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. |
| As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. | Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. |
| Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. |
| Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” | Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.” |
