He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36 KJV)
He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36 ASV)
He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him. (John 3:36 DBY)
he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him. (John 3:36 YLT)
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. (John 3:36 WEB)
Interlinear
He that believeth <pisteuo> on <eis> the Son <huios> hath <echo> everlasting <aionios> life: <zoe> and <de> he that believeth not <apeitheo> the Son <huios> shall <optanomai> not <ou> see <optanomai> life; <zoe> but <alla> the wrath <orge> of God <theos> abideth <meno> on <epi> him. <autos> (John 3:36 KJV)
Albert Barnes’ Commentary
Verse 36. Hath everlasting life. Has or is in possession of that which is a recovery from spiritual death, and which will result in eternal life in heaven. Piety here is the same that it will be there, except that it will be expanded, matured, purified, made more glorious. It is here life begun–the first breathings and pantings of the soul for immortality; yet it is life, though at first feeble and faint, which is eternal in its nature, and which shall be matured in the full and perfect bliss of heaven. The Christian here has a foretaste of the world of glory, and enjoys the same kind of felicity, though not the same degree, that he will there.
Shall not see life. Shall neither enjoy true life or happiness here nor in the world to come. Shall never enter heaven.
The wrath of God. The anger of God for sin. His opposition to sin, and its terrible effects in this world and the next.
Abideth on him. This implies that he is now under the wrath of God, or under condemnation. It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. It will abide or dwell there as its appropriate habitation. As there is no way of escaping the wrath of God but by the Lord Jesus Christ, so those who will not believe must go to eternity as they are, and bear alone and unpitied all that God may choose to inflict as the expression of his sense of sin. Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! Yet thousands choose to remain in this state, and to encounter alone all that is terrible in the wrath of Almighty God, rather than come to Jesus, who has borne their sins in his own body on the tree, and who is willing to bless them with the peace, and purity, and joy of immortal life.
{n} “He that believeth” Heb 2:4; Joh 3:15,16
{o} “wrath of God” Ro 1:18