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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