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John 3:17

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3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, 1  but that the world should be saved through him.

John 3:34

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3:34 For the one whom God has sent 2  speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly. 3 

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

2 tn That is, Christ.

3 tn Grk “for not by measure does he give the Spirit” (an idiom). Leviticus Rabbah 15:2 states: “The Holy Spirit rested on the prophets by measure.” Jesus is contrasted to this. The Spirit rests upon him without measure.



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