John 3:17

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Cross References (29)

  • 1 John 4:14 (63)

    And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

  • Luke 19:10 (62)

    For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  • John 12:47–48 (47)

    As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but

  • John 6:57 (34)

    Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of

  • John 6:40 (31)

    For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will ra

  • 1 Timothy 2:5–6 (28)

    For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

  • John 6:29 (26)

    Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

  • 1 John 2:2 (22)

    He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

  • John 20:21 (22)

    Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

  • John 17:3 (19)

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

  • John 11:42 (17)

    I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You

  • John 7:29 (14)

    but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

  • Zechariah 9:9 (14)

    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous a

  • John 5:45 (14)

    Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

  • John 8:15–16 (13)

    You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

  • John 8:42 (13)

    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My ow

  • John 1:29 (13)

    The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

  • Matthew 1:23 (12)

    “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God

  • Isaiah 53:10–12 (12)

    Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will

  • John 17:8 (11)

    For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You,

  • John 5:36 (11)

    But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the ve

  • Luke 2:10–11 (11)

    But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the p

  • John 10:36 (11)

    then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for

  • Isaiah 45:21–23 (11)

    Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from an

  • Isaiah 49:6–7 (9)

    He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones

  • John 17:21 (9)

    that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may b

  • John 5:38 (9)

    nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

  • Matthew 18:10 (4)

    See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the fac

  • Luke 9:56 (-2)

    And He and His disciples went on to another village.