But God, who has the greatest hatred of sin and who moreover sees us all full of sin, nevertheless has such a love for the sinner that He rather gave His beloved Son to death than that He should see the sinner die.

— Carl Olof Rosenius (1816–1868), Laienprediger, Erweckungsleiter und Erbauungsschriftsteller

Related Bible passage: JHN.3.16

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