John 3:17-22

¹⁷For God didn’t send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

¹⁸Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever doesn’t believe is condemned already because that person has not believed in the name of God’s only Son.

¹⁹This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, but people sincerely loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

²⁰Everyone who practices evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

²¹Whoever practices the truth comes to the light to show clearly that their deeds have been done with God.”

²²After this, Jesus and His disciples went out into the countryside of Judea, where He remained with them, and baptized.