For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him — the clarification that Jesus comes for salvation, not judgment, paradoxically coexists with coming judgment passages. The dual emphasis (negative—not to condemn, positive—to save) establishes Jesus' primary purpose as redemptive. Yet John will show that judgment follows necessarily from belief/unbelief responses to Jesus' revelation.

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