John 3:17

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
  • John 6:40 : 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 5:45 : 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
  • John 12:47-48 : 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
  • John 10:36 : 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
  • John 11:42 : 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
  • John 20:21 : 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
  • 1 Tim 2:5-6 : 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
  • John 8:15-16 : 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
  • Isa 45:21-23 : 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
  • Isa 49:6-7 : 6 And he said, It is a light 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. 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
  • Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Yet it pleased the LORD 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 the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • Zech 9:9 : 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, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day n seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
  • John 5:36 : 36 But I have greater witness than that of n: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
  • John 5:38 : 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 7:29 : 29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Take heed 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 which is in heaven.
  • Luke 2:10-11 : 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
  • John 17:8 : 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
  • John 17:21 : 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
  • Luke 9:56 : 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

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