Sic Deus dilexit mundum

General information

From John 3: 16; v.17 is sometimes appended (variant 1). The preceding verse is Sicut Moses.

Settings by composers

In Latin Sethus Calvisius SS or TT Gallus Dreßler Sic Deus I SATB Sic Deus II ATTB Philipp Dulichius a 5 SATTB a 7 SSAAATB or SSATTBB Andrea Gabrieli SAATB or ATBarBarB Gugliemo Gonzaga SSAATTBB Christian Hollander SSAT or SATB Nobuaki Izawa SATB Johann Knöfel SAATB Leone Leoni SSAATTBB or SATTBBBB Palestrina SSATB Hieronymus Praetorius SSATBB Samuel Scheidt SATTTBBB Johann Hermann Schein SSAATTBB (variant 1) Melchior Schramm SSATTB Melchior Vulpius a 5 SAATB a 7 SSAATBB

In English Maggie Furtak SAB John Goss SATB (variant 1) Roger Petrich SATB (v. 16 only. Minor textual variations) John Stainer SATB (From The Crucifixion) (variant 1) In German Hugo Distler SAB Gallus Dreßler ATTB Melchior Franck SATB Wilhelm Greef TTBB Johann Knöfel SSATB Johannes Nucius SATB Hieronymus Praetorius SSATTB Heinrich Schütz SATTB Georg Philipp Telemann SAB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Philipp Avenarius — Sic Deus dilexit mundum
• Adrianus Petit Coclico — Sic Deus dilexit mundum

Text and translations

Latin text 16  Sic [enim] Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret: ut omnis qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. [Alleluia.] 17  Non enim misit Deus Filium suum in mundum ut judicet mundum sed ut salvetur mundus per ipsum. [Alleluia.] German text 16  Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, daß er seinen eingebornen Sohn gab, auf daß alle, die an ihn glauben, nicht verloren werden, sondern das ewige Leben haben. [Alleluia] Translation by Martin Luther, 1545

English text 16  God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [Alleluia] 17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. [Alleluia.] [Amen]. Hungarian text 16  Úgy szerette Isten a világot, hogy egyszülött Fiát adta, hogy mindaz aki őbenne hisz, el ne vesszen, hanem örök élete legyen. [Alleluia]