16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Jesus was sent to save us. However, if we do not believe in him, we are condemned, even though Jesus did not to condemn. This is a little confusing, but the next passage tells us why we are condemned if we don't believe in Jesus.
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
We love darkness, but Jesus is the light. John taught this in the first chapter. Everything we do is done in the sight of God, and if we love the dark we do not realize that and we fear the exposure of our deeds. However, if we are open and honest with God, we will come into the light and live by truth.
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