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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 3:17

For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.Here again, these words have a pertinent application to the prejudices of Nicodemus and the class to which he belonged, to such a degree that it is mandatory to believe they were spoken to Nicodemus by the Saviour, and that they were not anything projected into this context from the thoughts of the apostle John. The Sanhedrinists and all of the leaders of Israel were anxiously expecting a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 3:18

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.The change of tense in this verse, regarding the believer who is not judged, and the unbeliever who hath been judged already, is very significant. The believer is not judged, because he is "in Christ," totally identified with Christ and as Christ, being therefore not subject to judgment, but being "perfect in Christ" (Colossians 1:28).... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 3:19

And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.Christ had just mentioned that he had not come to judge the world in any such manner as the hierarchy expected; but, to be sure, there was a judgment going on already, a judgment precipitated by the dramatic appearance of the Messenger of the Covenant who had suddenly come to his temple. It was a judgment required by the dazzling Light of all nations in the first... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:16

John 3:16. For God so loved the world,— Our Lord here assures Nicodemus, that men owed the unspeakable happiness spoken of in the preceding verse, to the free and unutterable love of God the Father, who desired their salvation with such ardency, that he sent his only-begotten Son to bestow everlasting life on those who perseveringlybelieve in him; so far washe from sending him to condemn them, as he had reason to fear. This is one of those bright and heart-affecting passages in the gospel,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:17

John 3:17. For God sent not his Son—to condemn the world;— God is often represented as an avenger in the Old Testament: and as mankind had incurred his wrath by their iniquities, it might be expected that when he sent his Son into the world, it would have been to inflict punishments upon them, as the word rendered condemn also implies; but, on the contrary, the Son of God was sent to save the world and to give life, as the Syriac emphatically renders it. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:18

John 3:18. He that believeth on him is not condemned:— From the gracious design of God towards the world, mentioned in the preceding verses, our Lord concludes, that they who believe on the Son of God are not condemned; whereas they who do not believe, are condemned already for that sin; and justly, because their unbelief is owing to their own wickedness, and not to any defect in the evidences of his divine mission, which, through grace are sufficiently full to work conviction in every... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:19

John 3:19. And this is the condemnation,— That is, the cause of condemnation; they will not receive the light of the Logos, the God of Christians, because they will not obey him. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:16

16. For God so loved, c.—What proclamation of the Gospel has been so oft on the lips of missionaries and preachers in every age since it was first uttered? What has sent such thrilling sensations through millions of mankind? What has been honored to bring such multitudes to the feet of Christ? What to kindle in the cold and selfish breasts of mortals the fires of self-sacrificing love to mankind, as these words of transparent simplicity, yet overpowering majesty? The picture embraces several... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:17

17-21. not to condemn, &c.—A statement of vast importance. Though "condemnation" is to many the issue of Christ's mission ( :-), it is not the object of His mission, which is purely a saving one. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:18

18. is not condemned—Having, immediately on his believing, "passed from death unto life" (John 5:24). condemned already—Rejecting the one way of deliverance from that "condemnation" which God gave His Son to remove, and so wilfully remaining condemned. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 3:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 3:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 3:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 3:19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 3:18

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