“God So Loved the World” is an excerpt from the oratorio The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer, written by the British composer, organist, choirmaster and educator Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) in 1887. A professor of music at Oxford University, Stainer composed some 230 services, anthems, hymns and cantatas, establishing him as a notable, if perhaps minor, figure in English music.

Stainer’s anthem is based on the gospel of John, chapter 3, verses 16-17: “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoso believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

Recorded live by the Saturday 5pm Choir & Friends at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. Thank you for listening and God bless! 🙏

Song Title: God So Loved The World
Artist(s): Words and Music by Sir John Stainer
Publisher: Public Domain

Lyrics:

God so loved the world.
God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoso believeth, believeth in Him
should not perish, should not perish
but have everlasting life.

For God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world.
God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world;
But that the world through Him might be saved.

God so loved the world.
God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoso believeth, believeth in Him
should not perish, should not perish
but have everlasting life, everlasting life,
everlasting, everlasting life.

God so loved the world.
God so loved the world.
God so loved the world.

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Thank you for listening to God So Loved The World | John Stainer | From "The Crucifixion" | Good Friday | Choir/Lyrics Jn 3:16