17. God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.
18. People who believe in God’s Son are not judged guilty. But people who do not believe are already judged, because they have not believed in God’s only Son.
19. They are judged by this fact: The light has come into the world. But they did not want light. They wanted darkness, because they were doing evil things.
20. Everyone who does evil hates the light. They will not come to the light, because the light will show all the bad things they have done.
21. But anyone who follows the true way comes to the light. Then the light will show that whatever they have done was done through God.
22. After this, Jesus and his followers went into the area of Judea. There he stayed with his followers and baptized people.