7 Popular Bible Verses From The Book Of John

Here are seven of the most popular Bible verses from the Gospel of John.

John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Here is the Apostle John writing about the incarnation of God becoming Man to die for the sins of the world. John beheld or witnessed His glory, certainly including the Shekinah glory of Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration that he saw (Matt 7:1-13). Jesus was and is the fullness of grace and of truth. The necessity for truth means speaking about the fate of all who reject Jesus (John 3:18, 36) but this truth comes with grace, and the willingness to save us from the wrath of God (John 3:16). John gave the very purpose for which his gospel was written in the very last verse of the book, writing that “these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31).

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus had just finished saying “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life” (John 3:14-15) meaning that Jesus was going to give His life for those who would believe in Him so that they might have eternal life. Why? It was because or “for God so loved the world.” You could easily use the word “because” since that is what the word “for” is there for. John 3:14-16 could read like this; “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life because God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:14-15). The serpent in the wilderness was the bronze serpent lifted up on a tree or large, wooden beam because God’s people were grumbling against God and so he sent them “fiery serpents” as His judgment but all who would look at the serpent would be saved from death, just as anyone who looks to Christ on the cross are saved from eternal death or punishment (Rev 20:12-15).

John 6:39 “And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.”

Jesus just described the will of God. Sometimes we have a hard time knowing what that is for us. For Jesus it was the Father’s will that all who the Father has given to Him, He would lose none. This is very reminiscent of John 10:28-29 where no one can take the believer out of God’s hand. There is zero possibility of that happening. What kind of a shepherd loses his sheep? Jesus, being the Great Shepherd and having 99 sheep, will go out and seek that one that is lost and He will return with 100, the same number He started with. He shall not lose even one!

John 10:28-29 “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”

These two verses are packed with power and promise. They have the power of God as we remain in the Father’s hand and in Jesus’ hand and “no one is able to snatch” us “out of” them. The promise is that He holds onto those He chooses. Jesus said “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out”’ (John 6:37). That same “all” that the Father gave Christ are the same all that remain firmly in the grasp of the Father’s and Jesus’ hands. Who can possibly take them from God (Rom 8:31)? The promise of God is that He holds on to us and the power is being held tightly in His mighty hand.

John 11:25 “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”

Jesus had just told Martha this after her brother Lazarus had died. He asked Martha and He says to all who are reading this that “everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this” (John 11:26)? She did acknowledge that Jesus is the Messiah or Savior (John 11:27) but do you? If so, then you shall never die (an eternal death). Do you believe this?

John 13:35 “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Jesus is saying that our love for one another is proof that we are His disciples. There is no other place in Scripture where Jesus says that all people will know whether we’re Jesus’s disciples or we’re not. This “all people” includes the church and those outside of the church. We might be the only Bible some people will ever read. John 13:35 comes right after Jesus said “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” (John 13:34).

John 17:20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.”

This last of the seven Bible verses from the Gospel of John is where Jesus was about to leave the disciples and go to the cross but He said that He would pray for them. He knew they had fear of the unknown. He said He would pray for them but He said He would also pray for those who will, in the future, believe in Christ “through their word” or through their testimony of repentance and faith (Mark 1:15).

Conclusion

Today, if these verses speak to your heart, I pray you will turn to God and forsake all of your sins. Then you can put your trust in Christ because He is worthy of that trust for eternity. You have only two options; reject Jesus and face the judgment of God (Rev 20:12-15; 21:8) or humble yourself and repent and trust in the Savior and you’ll receive eternal life (John 3:16-17).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.