And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so must the son of man be lifted up that whoever believes in him has eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only son of God. And this is the judgement: the light has come into the world and the people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. Whoever believes in the son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the son shall not see life but the wrath of God remains on him.