Discovery BoxJohn 3:17-20 
Context3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, 1 but that the world should be saved through him. 3:18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. 2 The one who does not believe has been condemned 3 already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only 4 Son of God. 3:19 Now this is the basis for judging: 5 that the light has come into the world and people 6 loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 3:20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
1 sn That is, “to judge the world to be guilty and liable to punishment.”
2 tn Grk “judged.”
3 tn Grk “judged.”
4 tn See the note on the term “one and only” in 3:16.
5 tn Or “this is the reason for God judging,” or “this is how judgment works.”
6 tn Grk “and men,” but in a generic sense, referring to people of both genders (as “everyone” in v. 20 makes clear).
