Verse 17 is a peaceful footnote to John 3:16. Jesus' earthly ministry, His "first coming" to earth, was for the purpose of saving people, not condemning them.

John next offers a direct application to show God's love abides in the believer, in the form of a question. This involves a person who has more than enough ...

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"For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned."

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

Jesus has not come into the world to judge or rule it just yet; He has come to die the death of a suffering servant for the world's sins.

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

John is helping us grasp what God is doing through Jesus so that there is no confusion about the purpose of God's love.

13 сент. 2016 г. · APPLICATION: God sees judgment as radically modified in the light of Christ's coming and death on the cross. God has a positive purpose for ...

Sent by God on a mission to save, Jesus came not to judge nor to condemn nor to pass sentence rather to redeem.