John 3:18

KJV

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

— John 3:18, King James Version
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Jesus' declaration 'he that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God' applies a realized eschatology to present confession: judgment is not an event awaited in the future but a condition already operative in the present through the response to the revelation in Christ. The phrase 'condemned already' (ēdē kekritai) uses the perfect tense of completed action with present relevance, indicating that the crisis of judgment is not deferred but current in every encounter with the gospel. The criterion is exclusively christological — not moral performance but 'the name of the only begotten Son' — which defines the Johannine soteriology as thoroughgoing christocentrism rather than moralism. The verse is central to universalist, inclusivist, and exclusivist debates in Christian soteriology, since its scope is total and its criterion singular.

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ASV

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

YLT

he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

BBE

The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

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