John 3:17

Jesus and Nicodemus

16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

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Berean Standard Bible
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
American Standard Version (1901)
For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
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.
Free Bible Version
God didn't send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Geneva Bible 1599
For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.
King James (Authorized) Version
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
One Unity Resource Bible
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
Plain English Version
You see, God sent his son into the world so that he can save the people of the world. He didn’t send him to judge people and do payback to them.
Translation for Translators
When God sent his Son into the world, his purpose was not to punish the people in [MTY] the world for their sins. Instead, he sent him in order that they might be saved by him {he might save them} from being ◄guilty/punished► for their sins.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For God did not send the Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but in order to save the world through him.
Noah Webster Bible
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him may 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.
Young's 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;