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-\v 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not die but have eternal life.
+\v 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
 \v 17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but in order to save the world through him.
 \v 18 He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is already condemned because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.