John 3:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον· ἀλλʼ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος διʼ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

For not apesteilen ho Theos ton Hyion autou eis ton kosmon hina krinē ton kosmon; but hina sōthē ho kosmos di' autou.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *apesteilen*: aorist, 3rd singular - sent
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *Hyion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
• *autou*: personal pronoun, genitive, masculine - his
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - into/to
• *kosmon*: accusative, masculine, singular - world
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *krinē*: aorist, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might judge
• *sōthē*: aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be saved
• *di'*: preposition + genitive - through

Word Meanings

• *apesteilen*: sent/dispatched/commissioned
• *krinē*: judge/condemn/evaluate
• *sōthē*: might be saved/rescued/delivered

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
• John 6:57 : 57 Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.
• Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
• John 6:29 : 29 Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”
• John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
• John 5:45 : 45 “Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.
• John 12:47-48 : 47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.
• John 10:36 : 36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’?
• John 11:42 : 42 I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
• John 20:21 : 21 So Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
• 1 Tim 2:5-6 : 5 For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time.
• John 8:15-16 : 15 You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone. 16 But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.
• Isa 45:21-23 : 21 Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the LORD? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me. 22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer. 23 I solemnly make this oath– what I say is true and reliable:‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;
• Isa 49:6-7 : 6 he says,“Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.” 7 This is what the LORD, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
• Isa 53:10-12 : 10 Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him. 11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins. 12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
• John 1:29 : 29 On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,“Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
• John 5:36 : 36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.
• John 5:38 : 38 nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.
• John 8:42 : 42 Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.
• John 7:29 : 29 but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”
• Matt 18:10 : 10 The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
• Luke 2:10-11 : 10 But the angel said to them,“Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people: 11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
• John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
• John 17:8 : 8 because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
• John 17:21 : 21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
• Luke 9:56 : 56 and they went on to another village.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”