John 3:17

The Passion Translation

“God did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it!

Cross References

1 John 4:14

Moreover, we have seen with our own eyes and can testify to the truth that Father God has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man has come to seek out and to give life to those who are lost.”

John 6:57

The Father of life sent me, and he is my life. In the same way, the one who feeds upon me, I will become his life.

John 6:40

For the longing of my Father is that everyone who embraces the Son and believes in him will experience eternal life and I will raise them up in the last day!”

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The work you can do for God starts with believing in the One he has sent.”

John 20:21

Jesus repeated his greeting, “Peace to you!” And he told them, “Just as the Father has sent me, I’m now sending you.”

1 John 2:2

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

John 17:3

Eternal life means to know and experience you as the only true God, and to know and experience Jesus Christ, as the Son whom you have sent.

John 11:42

for you listen to every word I speak. Now, so that these who stand here with me will believe that you have sent me to the earth as your messenger, I will use the power you have given me.”

John 7:29

The Father has sent me here, and I know all about him, for I have come from his presence.”

John 5:45

“I will not accuse you before the Father. The one who will incriminate you is Moses, the very one you claim to obey, the one in whom you trust!

John 8:42

Jesus said, “Then if God were really your father, you would love me, for I’ve come from his presence. I didn’t come here on my own, but God sent me to you.

John 1:29

The very next day, John saw Jesus coming to him to be baptized, and John cried out, “Look! There he is—God’s Lamb! He takes away the sin of the entire world!

John 17:8

And the very words you gave to me to speak I have passed on to them. They have received your words and carry them in their hearts. They are convinced that I have come from your presence, and they have fully believed that you sent me to represent you.

John 10:36

For I have been uniquely chosen by God and he is the one who sent me to you. How then could it be blasphemy for me to say, ‘I am the Son of God!’

John 5:36

But I can provide more substantial proof of who I am that exceeds John’s testimony—my miracles! These works which the Father destined for me to complete—they prove that the Father has sent me!

John 17:21

I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as you and I, Father, are joined together as one. I pray for them to become one with us so that the world will recognize that you sent me.

John 5:38

nor does his Word truly live inside of you, for you refuse to believe in me or to embrace me as God’s messenger.

Matthew 1:23

Listen! A virgin will be pregnant, she will give birth to a Son, and he will be known as “Emmanuel,” which means in Hebrew, “God became one of us.”

Matthew 18:10

“Be careful that you not corrupt one of these little ones. For I can assure you that in heaven each of their guardian angels always sees the face of my heavenly Father.”

Luke 9:56

So they went to another village instead.

John 3:34

“The One whom God has sent to represent him will speak the words of God, because God has poured out upon him the fullness of the Holy Spirit without limitation.

John 6:38

And I have come out of heaven not for my own desires, but for the satisfaction of my Father who sent me.

John 8:11

Looking around, she replied, “I see no one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Then I certainly don’t condemn you either. Go, and from now on, be free from a life of sin.”

John 17:18

I have commissioned them to represent me just as you commissioned me to represent you.

John 17:23

You live fully in me and now I live fully in them so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that you have sent me, for they will see that you love each one of them with the same passionate love that you have for me.

John 17:25

“You are my righteous Father, but the unbelieving world has never known you in the perfect way that I know you! And all those who believe in me also know that you have sent me!

Matthew 18:11

“The Son of Man has come to give life to all who are lost.