John 3:17-22

¹⁷God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

¹⁸The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

¹⁹And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

²⁰The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

²¹But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

²²After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.