John 3:18 (WEB)
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God.
Catechism · 3
"And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"
“It is the divine name that alone brings salvation, and henceforth all can invoke his name, for Jesus united himself to all men through his Incarnation,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 3:18; Acts 2:21; 5:41; 3 Jn 7; Rom 10:6-13.
“He asks for faith in "the name of the only Son of God".” — Catechism footnote: Jn 3:18.
"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"
“By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 3:18; 12:48; Mt 12:32; I Cor 3:12-15; Heb 6:4-6; 10:26-31.
Fathers and councils · 30
Irenaeus of Lyons
“It is not, [however], that the light has inflicted upon them the penalty of blindness, but it is that the blindness itself has brought calamity upon them: and therefore the Lord declared, “He that believeth in Me is not condemned,” that is, is not separated from God, for he is united to God through faith.” — editor's note: John iii. 18–21.
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Tertullian
“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.”” — editor's note: John iii. 17, 18.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For He who here says, ‘I came not to judge the world but to save,’ is shewn to be no other than the Only-begotten Son of God, by the same John’s saying before, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 16–19.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and cometh not into judgment: and again, He that believeth in the Son is not judged, but hath passed from death unto life.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 18; v. 24.
Read the whole comment“And again,He that believeth on the Son is not judged, but hath passed out of death into life.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 18; v. 24.
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Ambrose of Milan
“To believe, then, in Christ is to gain life, for “he that believeth in Him is not judged.”” — editor's note: S. John iii. 18.
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Augustine of Hippo
““But whoso believeth not,” saith He, “hath been judged already:” that is, by this hidden judgment hath been already prepared for that manifest one.” — editor's note: John iii. 18.
Read the whole comment“Thou hast penal judgment spoken of in the Gospel: “He that believeth not is judged already;” and in another place, “The hour is coming, when those who are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good,…” — editor's note: Judicatus. John iii. 18.
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John Chrysostom
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Read the whole comment“…c. iii. 36 ): so too Himself led on Nicodemus: “He that believeth on the Son,” He said to him, “is not judged, but he that believeth not is judged already” ( c. iii. 18 ); and so here He mentioneth the Judgment-seat and the punishment which shall follow upon evil deeds.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Wherefore He said, “He that believeth not is judged already” ( c. iii. 18 ); not merely through his not believing, but because he de parteth parteth hence having his former sins upon him.” — the author cites it
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light.” — editor's note: St. John iii. 18, 19.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…and they that have done evil, into the resurrection of judgment, to which they who have not believed have been condemned already by the word which judges them.” — editor's note: S. John iii. 18; xii. 48.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Wherefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment” (being already condemned, for “he that believeth not is condemned already”), “nor sinners in the counsel of the righteous,” inasmuch as they are already condemned, so as not to be united to those that have lived without stumbling.” — editor's note: John iii. 18.
Read the whole comment“The Lord is He who judgeth the earth;” “since he that believeth not, is,” according to the utterance of the Saviour, “condemned already.”” — editor's note: John iii. 18.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light.”” — editor's note: John iii. 18, 19.
Read the whole comment“And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light.”” — editor's note: John iii. 18, 19.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Having said, Even so must the Son of man be lifted up, alluding to His death; lest His hearer should be cast down by His words, forming some human notion of Him, and thinking of His death as an evil1, He corrects…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John
If it were only a creature given up for the sake of a creature, such a poor and insignificant loss were no great evidence of love. They must be precious things which prove our love, great things must evidence its…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
As He said above, that the Son of man came down from heaven, not meaning that His flesh did come down from heaven, on account of the unity of person in Christ, attributing to man what belonged to God: so now…
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1; Note here, that the same which he before said of the Son of man, lifted up on the cross, he repeats of the only begotten Son of God: viz. That whosoever believeth in Him, &c. For the same our Maker and Redeemer,…
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Truly through the Son of God shall the world have life; for for no other cause came He into the world, except to save the world. God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
For why is He called the Saviour of the world, but because Ho saves the world? The physician, so far as his will is concerned, heals the sick. If the sick despises or will not observe the directions of the physician,…
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Because however He says this, slothful men in the multitude of their sins, and excess of carelessness, abuse God’s mercy, and say, There is no hell, no punishment; God remits us all our sins. But let us remember,…
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He who believes on Him, and cleaves to Him as a member to the head, will not be condemned.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
What didst thou expect Him to say of him who believed not, except that he is condemned. Yet mark His words: He that believeth not is condemned already. The Judgment hath not appeared, bat it is already given. For the…
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Or the meaning is, that disbelief itself is the punishment of the impenitent: inasmuch as that is to be without light, and to be without light is of itself the greatest punishment. Or He is announcing what is to be.…
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Or thus: In the last judgment some perish without being judged, of whom it is here said, He that believeth not is condemned already. For the day of judgment does not try those who for unbelief are already banished…
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He then gives the reason why he who believeth not is condemned, viz. because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God. For in this name alone is there salvation. God hath not many sons who can…
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Where then do we place baptized children? Amongst those who believe? This is acquired for them by the virtue of the Sacrament, and the pledges of the sponsors. And by this same rule we reckon those who are not…
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John 3:18 and 1 John 5:10 share the same wording (16 words).
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