¹⁷ For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

¹⁷ God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.

¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.