John 3:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJohn 3:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ἀπέστειλεν
apostéllō
G649
to send away
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεὸς
theós
G2316
God
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
υἱὸν
huiós
G5207
son
εἰς
eis
G1519
into
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
κόσμον
kósmos
G2889
world
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
κρίνῃ
krínō
G2919
to judge
τὸν
ho
G3588
the
κόσμον
kósmos
G2889
world
ἀλλ’
allá
G235
but
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
σωθῇ
sṓzō
G4982
to save
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
κόσμος
kósmos
G2889
world
δι’
diá
G1223
through
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For God did not send the Son into the world so that he might condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
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