Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”

God instructed Moses to make an image of a snake and mount it on a pole. Anyone who looked at the snake was cured from their bite and lived. This was meant to ...

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.

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in Him may 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.

14 "As Moses lifted up the snake [on a pole] in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.

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.

Jesus asserts that believing on Him provides eternal life for any person who has enough faith to look upon the cross, hoping to be delivered from sin.