John 3:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

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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  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we haue seene, & doe testifie, that the Father sent that Sonne to be ye Sauiour of the world.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As that liuing Father hath sent me, so liue I by the Father, and he that eateth me, euen he shall liue by me.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, This is the woorke of God, that yee beleeue in him, whome he hath sent.
  • John 6:40 : 40 And this is the will of him that sent mee, that euery man which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth in him, should haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.
  • John 5:45 : 45 Doe not thinke that I will accuse you to my Father: there is one that accuseth you, euen Moses, in whom ye trust.
  • John 12:47-48 : 47 And if any man heare my wordes, and beleeue not, I iudge him not: for I came not to iudge the world, but to saue the world. 48 He that refuseth me, and receiueth not my wordes, hath one that iudgeth him: the worde that I haue spoken, it shall iudge him in the last day.
  • John 10:36 : 36 Say ye of him, whome the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Sonne of God?
  • John 11:42 : 42 I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes, but because of the people that stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue, that thou hast sent me.
  • John 20:21 : 21 Then saide Iesus to them againe, Peace be vnto you: as my Father sent me, so sende I you.
  • 1 Tim 2:5-6 : 5 For there is one God, and one Mediatour betweene God and man, which is the man Christ Iesus, 6 Who gaue himselfe a ransome for all men, to be that testimonie in due time,
  • John 8:15-16 : 15 Ye iudge after the flesh: I iudge no man. 16 And if I also iudge, my iudgement is true: for I am not alone, but I, and the Father, that sent mee.
  • Isa 45:21-23 : 21 Tell ye and bring them, and let them take counsell together, who hath declared this from the beginning? or hath tolde it of olde? Haue not I the Lord? and there is none other God beside me, a iust God, and a Sauiour: there is none beside me. 22 Looke vnto me, and ye shall be saued: all the endes of the earth shall be saued: for I am God, and there is none other. 23 I haue sworne by my selfe: the worde is gone out of my mouth in righteousnesse, and shall not returne, That euery knee shall bowe vnto me, and euery tongue shall sweare by me.
  • Isa 49:6-7 : 6 And hee sayde, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my seruaunt, to raise vp the tribes of Iaakob, and to restore the desolations of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou maiest bee my saluation vnto the ende of the worlde. 7 Thus sayeth the Lorde the redeemer of Israel, and his Holie one, to him that is despised in soule, to a nation that is abhorred, to a seruaunt of rulers, Kinges shall see, and arise, and princes shall worship, because of the Lord, that is faithfull: and ye Holy one of Israel, which hath chosen thee.
  • Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Yet the Lord would breake him, and make him subiect to infirmities: when hee shall make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede and shall prolong his dayes, and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 Hee shall see of the trauaile of his soule, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous seruant iustifie many: for hee shall beare their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I giue him a portion with the great, and he shall deuide the spoyle with the strong, because hee hath powred out his soule vnto death: and he was counted with the transgressers, & he bare the sinne of many, and prayed for the trespassers.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Reioyce greatly, O daughter Zion: shoute for ioy, O daughter Ierusalem: beholde, thy King commeth vnto thee: he is iust and saued himselfe, poore and riding vpon an asse, and vpon a colt the foale of an asse.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day Iohn, seeth Iesus coming vnto him, and saith, Beholde that Lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the world.
  • John 5:36 : 36 But I haue greater witnesse then the witnesse of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of me, that the Father sent me.
  • John 5:38 : 38 And his worde haue you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeued not.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.
  • John 7:29 : 29 But I knowe him: for I am of him, and he hath sent me.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 See that ye despise not one of these litle ones: for I say vnto you, that in heauen their Angels alwayes behold the face of my Father which is in heauen.
  • Luke 2:10-11 : 10 Then the Angel saide vnto them, Be not afraid: for behold, I bring you glad tidings of great ioy, that shalbe to all the people, 11 That is, that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole world.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternall, that they knowe thee to be the onely very God, and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
  • John 17:8 : 8 For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, & haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.
  • John 17:21 : 21 That they all may bee one, as thou, O Father, art in me, and I in thee: euen that they may be also one in vs, that the worlde may beleeue that thou hast sent me.
  • Luke 9:56 : 56 For the Sonne of man is not come to destroy mens liues, but to saue them. Then they went to another towne.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shall beare a sonne, & they shal call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with vs.

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    15That whosoeuer beleeueth in him, shoulde not perish, but haue eternall life.

    16For God so loued the worlde, that hee hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.

  • John 3:18-19
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    18Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.

    19And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.

  • John 12:46-47
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    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.

    47And if any man heare my wordes, and beleeue not, I iudge him not: for I came not to iudge the world, but to saue the world.

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    9Herein was that loue of God made manifest amongst vs, because God sent that his onely begotten sonne into this world, that we might liue through him.

    10Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.

  • 1 John 4:14
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    14And we haue seene, & doe testifie, that the Father sent that Sonne to be ye Sauiour of the world.

  • John 3:34-36
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    34For hee whome God hath sent, speaketh the woordes of God: for God giueth him not the Spirit by measure.

    35The Father loueth the Sonne, and hath giuen all things into his hande.

    36Hee that beleeueth in the Sonne, hath euerlasting life, and hee that obeyeth not the Sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

  • Matt 18:11
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    11For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.

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    6God forbid: els how shal God iudge ye world?

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    1Beholde, what loue the Father hath giuen to vs, that we should be called the sonnes of God: for this cause this world knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

  • 1 John 2:2
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    2And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole world.

  • Luke 19:10
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    10For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

  • John 5:34
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    34But I receiue not the record of man: neuerthelesse these things I say, that ye might be saued.

  • Rom 5:8
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    8But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

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    9For God hath not appointed vs vnto wrath, but to obtaine saluation by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ,

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    4But when that bountifulnesse & that loue of God our Sauiour toward man appeared,

    5Not by the woorkes of righteousnesse, which we had done, but according to his mercie he saued vs, by the washing of the newe birth, and the renewing of the holy Ghost,

    6Which he shed on vs aboundantly, through Iesus Christ our Sauiour,

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    4Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,

  • John 5:22-24
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    22For the Father iudgeth no man, but hath committed all iudgement vnto the Sonne,

    23Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.

    24Verely, verely I say vnto you, he that heareth my worde, and beleeueth him that sent me, hath euerlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death vnto life.

  • John 1:9-10
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    9This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.

    10He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.

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    77And to giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes,

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    15Loue not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If any man loue this world, the loue of the Father is not in him.

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    31Now is the iudgement of this world: nowe shall the prince of this world be cast out.

  • Rom 8:3
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    3For (that that was impossible to ye Lawe, in as much as it was weake, because of ye flesh) God sending his owne Sonne, in ye similitude of sinful flesh, & for sinne, condened sinne in the flesh,

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    19For God was in Christ, and reconciled the world to himselfe, not imputing their sinnes vnto them, and hath committed to vs the word of reconciliation.

  • John 17:3
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    3And this is life eternall, that they knowe thee to be the onely very God, and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged.

  • John 1:18
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    18No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

  • 1 Cor 1:21
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    21For seeing the worlde by wisedome knewe not God in the wisedome of GOD, it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue:

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    18As thou diddest send me into the world, so haue I sent them into the world.

  • 1 John 3:21
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    21Beloued, if our heart condemne vs not, then haue we boldnes toward God.

  • 1 John 5:12
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    12He that hath that Sonne, hath that life: and he that hath not that Sonne of God, hath not that life.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24And are iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus,

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    4Who will that all men shalbe saued, and come vnto the acknowledging of the trueth.

  • John 1:7
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    7This same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of that light, that all men through him might beleeue.

  • Rom 8:1
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    1Now then there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus, which walke not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

  • John 17:16
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    16They are not of the worlde, as I am not of the world.

  • Luke 6:37
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    37Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

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    39And Iesus sayd, I am come vnto iudgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blinde.

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    13For no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that hath descended from heauen, that Sonne of man which is in heauen.

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    14I haue giuen them thy word, & the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.