John 3:16

New International Version (NIV)

 ¹⁶"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.

The Message (MSG)

¹⁶"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

1 John 5:11

New International Version (NIV)

¹¹And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

The Message (MSG)

¹¹This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹¹ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Romans 3:10

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰As it is written:
   "There is no one righteous, not even one;

The Message (MSG)

 ¹⁰There's nobody living right, not even one,

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁰ As it is written:

      “ There is none righteous, no, not one;

Romans 3:23

New International Version (NIV)

²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

The Message (MSG)

²³Since we've compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us,

New King James Version (NKJV)

²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Galatians 3:22

New International Version (NIV)

²²But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

The Message (MSG)

^{21 -22}If such is the case, is the law, then, an anti-promise, a negation of God's will for us? Not at all. Its purpose was to make obvious to everyone that we are, in ourselves, out of right relationship with God, and therefore to show us the futility of devising some religious system for getting by our own efforts what we can only get by waiting in faith for God to complete his promise. For if any kind of rule-keeping had power to create life in us, we would certainly have gotten it by this time.

New King James Version (NKJV)

²² But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Romans 6:23

New International Version (NIV)

²³For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Message (MSG)

²³Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.

New King James Version (NKJV)

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

James 1:15

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

The Message (MSG)

¹⁵Lust gets pregnant, and has a baby: sin! Sin grows up to adulthood, and becomes a real killer.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁵ Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

John 5:40

New International Version (NIV)

⁴⁰yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

The Message (MSG)

⁴⁰And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive from me the life you say you want.

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁴⁰ But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

John 3:18

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

The Message (MSG)

¹⁸Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁸ “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Proverbs 14:12

New International Version (NIV)

 ¹² There is a way that seems right to a man,
       but in the end it leads to death.

The Message (MSG)

¹²There's a way of life that looks harmless enough;

    look again--it leads straight to hell.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹² There is a way that seems right to a man,
      But its end is the way of death.

Isaiah 64:6

New International Version (NIV)

 ⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,
       and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
       we all shrivel up like a leaf,
       and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

The Message (MSG)

⁶We're all sin-infected, sin-contaminated.

    Our best efforts are grease-stained rags.

    We dry up like autumn leaves--

    sin-dried, we're blown off by the wind.

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁶ But we are all like an unclean thing,
      And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;
      We all fade as a leaf,
      And our iniquities, like the wind,
      Have taken us away.

James 2:10

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

The Message (MSG)

¹⁰You can't pick and choose in these things, specializing in keeping one or two things in God's law and ignoring others.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁰ For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.

Hebrews 9:27

New International Version (NIV)

²⁷Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,

The Message (MSG)

²⁷Everyone has to die once, then face the consequences.

New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁷ And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

Revelation 20:12

New International Version (NIV)

¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.

The Message (MSG)

¹²And then I saw all the dead, great and small, standing there--before the Throne! And books were opened. Then another book was opened: the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, by the way they had lived.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

Romans 5:8

New International Version (NIV)

⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

The Message (MSG)

⁸But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁸ But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ephesians 2:8-9

New International Version (NIV)

⁸For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹not by works, so that no one can boast.

The Message (MSG)

⁸Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish! ⁹We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing!

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Acts 4:12

New International Version (NIV)

¹²Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

The Message (MSG)

¹²Salvation comes no other way; no other name has been or will be given to us by which we can be saved, only this one."

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹² Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Romans 6:23

New International Version (NIV)

²³For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Message (MSG)

²³Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.

New King James Version (NKJV)

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matthew 9:13

New International Version (NIV)

¹³But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

The Message (MSG)

¹³Go figure out what this Scripture means: "I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders."

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Luke 19:10

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

The Message (MSG)

¹⁰For the Son of Man came to find and restore the lost."

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁰ for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

John 1:12

New International Version (NIV)

¹²Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

The Message (MSG)

¹²But whoever did want him,

    who believed he was who he claimed

    and would do what he said,

    He made to be their true selves,

    their child-of-God selves.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹² But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

Acts 16:31

New International Version (NIV)

 ³¹They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household."

The Message (MSG)

³¹They said, "Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you'll live as you were meant to live--and everyone in your house included!"

New King James Version (NKJV)

³¹ So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Romans 10:13

New International Version (NIV)

¹³for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

The Message (MSG)

¹³"Everyone who calls, "Help, God!' gets help."

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

Romans 10:9-10

New International Version (NIV)

⁹That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

The Message (MSG)

⁹Say the welcoming word to God--"Jesus is my Master"--embracing, body and soul, God's work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That's it. You're not "doing" anything; you're simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That's salvation. ¹⁰With your whole being you embrace God setting things right, and then you say it, right out loud: "God has set everything right between him and me!"

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

John 14:1-3

New International Version (NIV)

 ¹"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. ²In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

The Message (MSG)

 ¹"Don't let this throw you. You trust God, don't you? Trust me. ²There is plenty of room for you in my Father's home. If that weren't so, would I have told you that I'm on my way to get a room ready for you? ³And if I'm on my way to get your room ready, I'll come back and get you so you can live where I live.

New King James Version (NKJV)

 ¹ “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. ² In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

John 5:24

New International Version (NIV)

 ²⁴"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

The Message (MSG)

²⁴"It's urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of the dead to the world of the living.

New King James Version (NKJV)

   
²⁴ “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

John 3:36

New International Version (NIV)

³⁶Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."

The Message (MSG)

³⁶That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that."

New King James Version (NKJV)

³⁶ He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

1 John 5:13

New International Version (NIV)

 ¹³I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

The Message (MSG)

 ¹³My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion.

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Hebrews 13:5

New International Version (NIV)

⁵Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
   "Never will I leave you;
      never will I forsake you."

The Message (MSG)

⁵Don't be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,"

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁵ Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Matthew 28:20

New International Version (NIV)

²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The Message (MSG)

²⁰Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."

New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.