Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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.
not to condemn, etc.—A statement of vast importance. Though "condemnation" is to many the issue of Christ's mission (John 3:19), it is not the object of His mission, which is purely a saving one.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 3:18:
Isaiah 42:3
John 3:36
John 5:24
Romans 8:1
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