John 3:17
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 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.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
- KJV
- For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- WEB
- For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
- ASV
- For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- For God did not send the Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
- ÅB
- for Gud sendte ikke sin Sønn til verden for å dømme verden, men for at verden skulle bli frelst ved ham.
- OTB
- For Gud sendte ikke sin Sønn til verden for å dømme verden, men for at verden skulle bli frelst ved ham.
- B1930
- for Gud sendte ikke sin Sønn til verden for å dømme verden, men forat verden skulde bli frelst ved ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:14
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Read in contextLuke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Read in contextJohn 12:47–48
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Read in contextJohn 6:57
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
Read in contextJohn 6:40
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Read in contextJohn 6:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:5–6
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Read in contextJohn 20:21
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
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