John 3:17 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

Common English Bible

God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.