 In John chapter 3, in that conversation with Nicodemus, the same one where he was talking about being born again in the waters of baptism, he says in verse 16 that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. He goes on to say that God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but that through Him the world might be saved.