We've all seen John 3:16 in weird places – billboards, sporting events, bumper stickers, bracelets – even tattoos! In a tradition like evangelicalism that is so committed to sales and "closing the deal" through religious conversion, it kinda makes sense. Conventional translations of the verse have mixed with evangelical heaven-hell fetishes to leave many of us thinking "going to heaven when you die" is the point of all this. It's right there in that verse, right?

Well, not right. It's way cooler and more interesting than that. Today we bring together many translation commitments across Brandon Johnson's work into this one verse, and see what kind of synthesis emerges. TL;DR – the story is way more interesting than we've been told.

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Translation (Google Doc): https://bit.ly/FIT-John-GDoc

Translation (PDF): https://bit.ly/FIT-John-PDF

Mobile-Friendly with endnotes: https://bit.ly/FIT-John-MobilePDF

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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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