It is possible to go back to manuscripts as earlier as 995 AD, but the language found can only be described as the "Anglo-Saxon" roots of English, and would not be easily recognizable as similar to the English spoken today.
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The Biblical passage of John 3:16 can be seen in all the following examples:
995 Anglo-Saxon
"God lufode middan-eard swa, dat he seade his an-cennedan sunu, dat nan ne forweorde de on hine gely ac habbe dat ece lif."
1380 Wycliff
"for god loued so the world; that he gaf his oon bigetun sone, that eche man that bileueth in him perisch not: but haue euerlastynge liif,"
1534 Tyndale
"For God so loveth the worlde, that he hath geven his only sonne, that none that beleve in him, shuld perisshe: but shuld have everlastinge lyfe."
1539 Great Bible (1st English Bible to be Authorized to be read from the pulpits of the Church of England)
"For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in him, shulde not perisshe, but haue euerlasting lyfe."
1557 Geneva
"For God so loueth the world, that he hath geuen his only begotten Sonne: that none that beleue in him, should peryshe, but haue euerlasting lyfe."
1568 Bishops Bible Pulpit Folio First Edition (2nd Authorized Version)
1582 Rheims
"For so God loued the vvorld, that he gaue his only-begotten sonne: that euery one that beleeueth in him, perish not, but may haue life euerlasting"
1611 King James, 1st Eddition (3rd Authorized Version)
"For God so loued the world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life."
1769 King James, Revised Version
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.
1982 New King James,(4th English Bible to be Authorized to be read from the pulpits of the Church of England)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life.
1984 New International Version
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.