John 3:17

God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.

John 3:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

John 3:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

John 3:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 3:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.

John 3:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

John 3:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.

John 3:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but to save the world.

John 3:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

John 3:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.

John 3:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 “God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

John 3:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

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