Does God love everyone, even those who go to hell?
Yes. Scripture says God so loved the world, is longsuffering toward all, takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked, and sent His Son to save the world, not a select fraction of it.
What the text states
"God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son" (John 3:16). "God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved" (John 3:17). He is "longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish" (2 Peter 3:9).
The strongest opposing reading
The answer
John 3:16-17 names the object of God's love as "the world" and the purpose as that "the world through him might be saved," not a hidden subset. 2 Peter 3:9 says He is "not willing that any should perish," and Ezekiel 33:11 has God swearing it under oath: "As I live... I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked." A God who secretly chose not to save most people, while swearing He takes no pleasure in their death, would be at war with Himself. The straight reading holds: God loves the world He made, desires all to be saved, and the lost perish by their own refusal of a love genuinely offered, not because the love was never there.
What this means for you
You are not outside God's love, waiting to find out if you were chosen. "God so loved the world" has your name in it. The love is real, the offer is sincere, and the door is open.
What this does not prove
This does not mean everyone is saved, love offered can be refused. It means the love is universal and sincere, and the refusal, not a lack of love, is what condemns.
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