John 3:17

3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

John 7:51

7:51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

John 8:11

8:11 She replied, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”]]


sn That is, “to judge the world to be guilty and liable to punishment.”

tn Grk “judge.”

tn Grk “knows.”

tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “does it?”).

tc The earliest and best mss do not contain 7:53–8:11 (see note on 7:53).