17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.


In Context

14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

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 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 he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

John 3:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him may be saved.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.