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17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
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17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him.
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17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
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17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
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17 For God sent not his Sonne into the world, that he should condemne the world, but that the world through him might be saued.
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17 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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17 God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.
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17 God did not send his Son into the world because he wanted to punish people. He sent his Son to save the people in the world from punishment.
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17 For God did not send His Son into the world that He may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through Him;
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