Discovery BoxJohn 3:18 
Context3:18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. 1 The one who does not believe has been condemned 2 already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only 3 Son of God.
John 9:16
Context9:16 Then some of the Pharisees began to say, 4 “This man is not from God, because he does not observe 5 the Sabbath.” 6 But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform 7 such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division 8 among them.
1 tn Grk “judged.”
2 tn Grk “judged.”
3 tn See the note on the term “one and only” in 3:16.
4 tn As a response to the answers of the man who used to be blind, the use of the imperfect tense in the reply of the Pharisees is best translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to say” or “started saying”).
5 tn Grk “he does not keep.”
6 sn The Jewish religious leaders considered the work involved in making the mud to be a violation of the Sabbath.
7 tn Grk “do.”
8 tn Or “So there was discord.”
