17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. …
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-21)We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one , a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of one soul . Observe, I. Who this Nicodemus was. Not many mighty and noble are called; yet some are, and here was one. Not many of the rulers, or of the Pharisees ; yet. 1. This was a man of the Phari…
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