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John 3:17
God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
John 3:17 · Bible in Basic English
John 3:17 in other translations
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
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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In context
14 As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:
15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.
16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
17 God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
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