John 3:17

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

John 3:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

John 3

¹⁵ that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who 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 has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

¹⁹ And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

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