Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.09UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.08UNLIKELY
Fear
0.06UNLIKELY
Joy
0.64LIKELY
Sadness
0.16UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.65LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.3UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.88LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.6LIKELY
Extraversion
0.22UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.56LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.67LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Sermon Text
in Greek (reading)
16
“
For
For (gar) God (ho theos) so (Houtōs) loved (ēgapēsen) the (ton)
h
God
world (kosmon) that (hina) He gave (edōken) His (ton)
so
loved
i
gar ho theos Houtōs ēgapēsen ton kosmon hōste edōken ton
the
world
only (ton monogenē) Son (huion) that (hina) whoever (pas ho)
,
9
j
that
he
believes (pisteuōn) in (eis) Him (auton) should not (mē)
gave
only Son , that whoever believes in him should not
his
gar
ho theos
perish (apolētai) but (alla) have (echē) eternal (aiōnion)
Houtōs
ēgapēsen
ton
kosmon
hōste
perish but ton monogenē huion hina pas ho pisteuōn eis auton mē apolētai alla have eternal life .
echē aiōnion zōēn
life (zōēn)
edōken
ton
only
Son
,
that
whoever
believes
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), .
in
him
should
not
k
perish
but
ton monogenē
huion
hina
pas ho
pisteuōn
eis
auton
ton monogenē huion hina pas ho pisteuōn eis auton mē apolētai alla have eternal life .
echē aiōnion zōēn
mē
apolētai
alla
have
eternal
life
.
echē
aiōnion
zōēn
gar ho theos Houtōs ēgapēsen ton kosmon hōste edōken ton
a. (gar) (ho theos) (Houtōs) (ēgapēsen) (ton) (kosmon)
b. (hina) (edōken) (ton) (ton monogenē) (huion)
(kosmon) that (hina) He gave (edōken) His (ton)
only (ton monogenē) Son (huion)
c. (hina) (pas ho) (pisteuōn) (eis) (auton) (mē) (apolētai)
believes (pisteuōn) in (eis) Him (auton) should not (mē)
d. (alla) (echē) (aiōnion) (zōēn)
perish (apolētai) but (alla) have (echē) eternal (aiōnion)
You can find “” printed on the bottom rim of every drink cup at In-and-Out Burger.
Ronald Reagan stated that his favorite Bible verse was .
He quoted it or part of it many times while he was president.
World-class driver Devin Jones tours with Monster Jam and has “” painted on the side of his monster truck, Barbarian.
Country music favorite Keith Urban included the reference in his hit song “John Cougar, John Deere, .”
Duck Dynasty’s Si Robertson adds “ & 17” to his signature when he signs autographs.
Charles Schultz wrote the reference into a Peanut’s comic strip.
In 2009 Tim Tebow, who played for the Florida Gators, painted “” on his eye black before a televised championship football game which had 94 million viewers who searched online.
There are many other references I can point out in popular culture that have used this verse openly.
The problem I believe is found in overlooking the profound truth and the context of the verse because it is speaking directly at our problem and solution before God.
Questions like: Why did God have to give His only Son and what does it mean to perish get set aside and the focus becomes only on the love of God and that He can give eternal life.
As with every passage in Scripture we must remember the context in order to be faithful in our reading of God’s holy word.
Background and Context
Jesus in our passage is speaking to Nicodemus.
(zōēn)
We learned last week that Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews who was from the Pharisees.
At the end of chapter two we read that Jesus saw a belief without faith.
There were those who believed in the signs Jesus did but they had a belief only in the signs Jesus did.
Jesus did not entrust Himself to them.
Meaning that they did not have a saving faith in Him.
We saw that Nicodemus was an example of one who had a belief without faith.
He said in ,
Nicodemus believed that Jesus was a teacher who came from God and that God was with him.
But Jesus directly dealt with Nicodemus when He answered a statement in ,
The following passages reveal more of Nicodemus’ problem.
He was a man with an ascent or a belief without faith in Jesus Christ.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9