"No one has gone up to heaven
except the One who came down from there—
the Son of Man who is in heaven.
Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert.
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
that all who believe
may have eternal life in him.
Yes, God so loved the world that he gave his only Son
that whoever believes in him may not die
but may have eternal life.
God did not send the Son into the world
to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him."