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John 3:17–18

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17For bbGod sent not his Son into the world cto condemn the world; dbut that the world through him might be saved. 18eHe that believeth on him is not condemned: fbut he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the bonly begotten Son of God.

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John 3:17: 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.

Footnotes

  1. bbSee ch. 10:36.
  2. cch. 8:15 (Gk.). & 12:47 (Gk.). So ch. 5:45. Comp. ch. 8:11 with ch. 9:39.
  3. dSee Matt. 18:11.
  4. eSee ch. 5:24.
  5. fSee Mark 16:16.
  6. bver. 18. See ch. 1:18. Comp. Heb. 11:17.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

“There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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. The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.