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John 3:17

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17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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John 3:17 in Other Translations

KJV
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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.
NLT
17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
MSG
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.
CSB
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 In-Context

15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
16 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.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 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.
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

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Cross References 2

  • 1. John 6:29,57; John 10:36; John 11:42; John 17:8,21; John 20:21
  • 2. Isaiah 53:11; S Matthew 1:21; S Luke 2:11; Luke 19:10; John 1:29; John 12:47; S Romans 11:14; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 2:5,6; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 3:5; 1 John 4:14
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