“For thus God loves the world, so that He gives His only-begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him should not be perishing, but may be having life eonian.” concordant version
It is common to hear many preachers harkening back to the cross…sometime way back in the past…who can blame them when the translators chose to leave out the fact that the Greek speaks in present tense throughout the Scriptures.
Sometimes the KJV is more accurate with these things…but rarely. Yet in 1John 4 the KJV has ….
“Jesus Christ is come in the flesh”
This is excellent!
Not He came…but is come.
God is