John 3:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mark 16:16 : 16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • John 5:24 : 24 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)
  • 1 John 5:12 : 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
  • John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
  • 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 6:47 : 47 I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.
  • John 20:31 : 31 But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Rom 8:34 : 34 Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died(and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
  • 1 John 4:9 : 9 By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 3:36
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    36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.

  • John 3:15-17
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    15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

    16For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

    17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

    20For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

    21But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

  • 1 John 5:10-13
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    10(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

    11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.

    13Assurance of Eternal Life I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

  • John 16:9
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    9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

  • John 5:22-24
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    22Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

    23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

    24“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

  • Mark 16:16
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    16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

  • 1 John 3:20-21
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    20that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.

    21Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

  • John 20:31
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    31But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

  • 1 John 3:6
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    6Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

  • John 5:38
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

  • John 1:18
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    18No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

  • John 12:46-48
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    46I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

    47If 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.

    48The 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.

  • 1 John 5:5-6
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    5Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood– not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  • John 12:44
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    44Jesus’ Final Public Words But Jesus shouted out,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

  • John 6:46-47
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    46(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)

    47I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

  • John 1:12
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    12But to all who have received him– those who believe in his name– he has given the right to become God’s children

  • John 8:24
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    24Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

  • 1 John 3:8-10
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    8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

    9Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.

    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.

  • Rom 8:1
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    1The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 John 3:23
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    23Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.

  • 1 John 5:1
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    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

  • John 8:47
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    47The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

  • John 6:29
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    29Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”

  • 2 Thess 2:12
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    12And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

  • John 10:37
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    37If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

  • John 16:11
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    11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

  • 1 John 4:9
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    9By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

  • Rom 3:6
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    6Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

  • John 5:34
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    34(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

  • 1 John 2:23
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    23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • Rom 10:11
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    11For the scripture says,“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”