John 3:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. ”

• John 3:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  To condemn the world - Not to judge, or pronounce sentence on mankind. God might justly have sent him for this. Man deserved condemnation, and it would have been right to have pronounced it; but...

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• John 3:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (6) For God sent not his Son into the world (p) to condemn the world; but that the (q) world through him might be saved. (6) Christ does not condemn, but rather despising Christ condemns. (p) That...

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• John 3:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Conversation with Nicodemus. Nicodemus is an example of those to whom the Lord could not trust Himself. The story shows how He tried to bring those whom His teaching had impressed to a truer co...

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• John 3:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sent. Greek. apostello. App-174. to condemn . to judge. Greek krino. App-122. A characteristic word of this Gospel. See note on p. 1511. through. Greek. dia. App-104. John 3:1 .

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• John 3:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world. It is a confirmation of the preceding statement; for it was not in vain that God sent his own Son to us. He came not to dest...

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• John 3:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1611 THE END FOR WHICH GOD SENT HIS SON John 3:17 . For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved . AN expectation gener...

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• John 3:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. For God sent not, etc. - It was the opinion of the Jews that the Gentiles, whom they often...

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• John 3:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  For God sent not his Son—to condemn the world;— God is often represented as an avenger in the Old Testament: and as mankind had incurred his wrath by their iniquities, it might be expected that whe...

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• John 3:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world t...

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• John 3:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The New Birth. John's Testimony to Jesus 1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had made an impressio...

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• John 3:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  To condemn the world gives to the English reader a stronger impression than that of the original Greek. The word (κρίνω , krino, the Latin c ( k ) erno, and the English dis -cern ) means origina...

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• John 3:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 8 THE BRAZEN SERPENT. “Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?...

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• John 3:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Love's Great Gift: Received or Rejected John 3:9-21 Though physically on earth, our Lord was spiritually in touch with the heavenly realities. He was living among them and bore witness to them....

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• John 3:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because...

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• John 3:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (10) Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? (11) Verily, verily, I say unto thee,...

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• John 3:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For God sent not his Son into the world ,.... God did send his Son into the world in the likeness of sinful flesh, being made of a woman, and made under the law; and which is an instance of his grea...

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• John 3:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Ver. I7. Not to condemn the world ] Unless it be by accident, because they will not be...

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• John 3:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For God so loved the world , &c. Here our Lord proceeds to inform Nicodemus, that men owed the blessings above mentioned to the free and immense love of God the Father, who desired their salvati...

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• John 3:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH (vs.1-21) Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the Lord by night, evi...

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• John 3:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Interview with Nicodemus.       1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:   2 The same came to Jesus...

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• John 3:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; The word we translate condemn, krinh, signifies to judge, as well as to condemn. The Jews were mistaken in their proud conceit, that Christ came to judge and destroy all those that were n...

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• John 3:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘For God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world should be saved through him.' Other (mythical) gods came to the world to condemn it, never to save it, but God's...

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• John 3:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 3:16-21 . These verses are confidently held by many to contain the reflections of the Evangelist, and not to be a continuation of our Lord’s discourse. But (...

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• John 3:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

  world Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 4:8 ). condemn Or, judge, and so in ( John 3:18 ); ( John 3:19 ). Compare ( John 15:22-24 ). saved (...

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• John 3:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 3:16-17 The Atonement. I. As one of the wisest of the heathens said, everything has two handles one by which it may, and one by which it may not, be taken hold of. The handle by which this b...

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• John 3:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  If we were asked to read to a dying man who did not know the gospel, we should probably select this chapter as the most suitable one for such an occasion; and what is good for dying men is good for u...

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• John 3:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 3:1 . Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews. This rabbi is named by John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Ch...

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• John 3:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world Salvation I. WHAT IT IS THAT GOD HAS ACTUALLY DONE FOR US AS FALLEN SINNERS. 1. What is done? He hath redeemed us. Fallen by sin...

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• John 3:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated, hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an u...

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• John 3:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The purpose of Christ's coming:

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• John 3:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:2 ; 1 John 4:14 ; 1 Timothy 2:5 ; 1 Timothy 2:6 ; Isaiah 45:21-23 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Isaiah 49:7 ; Isaiah 53:10-12 ; John 1:29 ; John 12:47 ; John 12:48 ; John 5:45 ; John 6:40 ;...

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• John 3:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world — Although many accuse him of it.

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