! It's such a famous verse. It is essential to take it in context with the rest of Jesus's conversation with Nicodemus. In this verse, we see that God is the primary actor; He is the one who saves us. Our natural path is one of death of God's wrath. We must be saved from this. It is only through Jesus that we can be saved. No other path leads to salvation. We must believe in Jesus and Him alone!John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.