John 3:16 Exegesis

In the third chapter, verses 1-21, the author of John’s Gospel describes a night discussion between Jesus and Nicodemus the Pharisee in which the latter is taught about the need for a spiritual rebirth. Jesus reveals to Nicodemus the truth about the light that has come to earth in order to judge people’s deeds. There is no doubt, in the context of the Gospel, that when Jesus speaks of the light, he refers to himself. Thus, it is also clear that Nicodemus, while coming to Jesus by night, leaves the world’s darkness and enters into the circle of the true Light.  An even greater emphasis on the opposition of light and darkness can be seen in Nonnus’ retelling of the aforementioned account (Par. 3.1-109).  The opposition is reinforced not only by means of the accumulation of the imagery of light and darkness, but also by references to other texts in which the theme of light and darkness is of key importance. As a result, Nonnus creates a poetic image of passing from darkness into the light in which the moment of enlightenment is explicitly correlated with the sacrament of baptism and Jesus is correlated with the source of light.

Authorship and dates of John’s epistles.
Similarities between 1 John and the Gospel of John .
Attitudes and teachings characterize the spirit of antichrist.
John’s purpose in writing 2 and 3 John.
Features common to first century letters in 2 and 3 John.
2 John and describe the reality and requirements for fellowship.
Tests of fellowship according to 1 John 3:13-24.
Date, authorship, purpose, and canonicity of Jude
Similarities and explain the relationship between 2 Peter 2 and Jude.
How believers should respond concerning heresy

While it has recently become a common assumption that the traditional understanding of the grammar of John 3.16 (‘For God so loved the world that …’) is misleading or simply inaccurate, this article demonstrates on the basis of parallel constructions from the ancient Greek corpus that οὕτως … ὥστε, when used with ἀγαπάω, functions as a correlative intensifier–result pair, exactly as it is presented in the traditional understanding.