John Chapter 3, Verse 17
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17: ου γαρ απεστειλεν ο θεος τον υιον αυτου εις τον κοσμον ινα κρινη τον κοσμον αλλ ινα σωθη ο κοσμος δι αυτου
17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved.
17: For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world: but
that the world may be saved by him.
To condemn the world. Not to judge, or pronounce sentence on mankind. God might justly have sent him for this. Man deserved condemnation, and it would have been right to have pronounced it; but God was willing that there should be an offer of pardon, and the sentence of condemnation was delayed. But, although Jesus did not come then to condemn mankind, yet the time is coming when he will return to judge the living and the dead, Acts 17:31 2Cor 5:10 Mt 25:31ff.
