¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world^(A) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^{(B) 18} Whoever believes in him is not condemned,^(C) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.^{(D) 19} This is the verdict: Light^(E) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.^{(F) 20} Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.^{(G) 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.