Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

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.

Holman Bible

For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

International Standard Version

Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.

A Conservative Version

For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Amplified

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him.

An Understandable Version

For God did not send His Son into the world to be its judge [i.e., to condemn it], but [rather] so that the people of the world could be saved [from condemnation] though Him.

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

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.

Common New Testament

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

Daniel Mace New Testament

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

Darby Translation

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.

Godbey New Testament

For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved.

Goodspeed New Testament

For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

John Wesley New Testament

For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved thro' him.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.

Modern King James verseion

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For God sent not his son into the world, to condemn the world: But that the world, through him, might be saved.

Moffatt New Testament

God did not send his Son into the world to pass sentence on it, but to save the world by him.

Montgomery New Testament

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

NET Bible

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

New Heart English Bible

For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

For God, sent not, his Son into the world, that he might judge the world, but, that the world might be saved through him.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

Williams New Testament

For God sent His Son into the world, not to pass sentence on it, but that the world through Him might be saved.

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.

Worrell New Testament

for God sent not His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world may be saved through Him.

Worsley New Testament

for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved by Him.

Youngs Literal Translation

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

his

Usage: 0

Son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

the world
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109
Usage: 109
Usage: 109

to
ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

κρίνω 
Krino 
Usage: 84

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

him

Usage: 0

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 3:17

Devotionals containing John 3:17

Images John 3:17

Prayers for John 3:17

Context Readings

God's Love For The World

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Cross References

1 John 4:14

And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

John 6:57

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

John 5:45

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

John 6:29

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

John 10:36

say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the'son of God?

John 11:42

And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.

John 20:21

Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Isaiah 45:21-23

Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.

Isaiah 49:6-7

yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Isaiah 53:10-12

Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his'seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Matthew 1:23

Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.

Matthew 18:10

See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 2:10-11

And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:

Luke 9:56

And they went to another village.

John 1:29

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

John 5:36

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 5:38

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

John 6:40

For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 7:29

I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.

John 8:15-16

Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

John 8:42

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

John 12:47-48

And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 17:3

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

John 17:8

for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them , and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

John 17:21

that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

1 Timothy 2:5-6

For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,

1 John 2:2

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

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