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Jesus and Nicodemus

John 3:17

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
For God did not send His Son into the world that He may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through Him;
YLT
For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
DBY
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.Elohim
DRC
For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him.
GNV
For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῦ (“of Him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: υἱὸν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read υἱὸν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add αὐτοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλʼ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος διʼ αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ’ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος δι᾿ αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
ου γαρ απεστειλεν ο θεος τον υιον αυτου εις τον κοσμον ινα κρινη τον κοσμον αλλ ινα σωθη ο κοσμος δι αυτου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 John 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
  • Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
  • John 12:47–48As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The…
  • John 6:57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
  • John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • John 6:29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
  • 1 Timothy 2:5–6For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
  • John 20:21Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
  • 1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  • John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
  • John 11:42I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
  • John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  • John 7:29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
  • John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  • John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
  • Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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