He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name.] John 3:18
You are in Christ and because you are, you will never come up for judgment. Jesus has made you eternally free and you are free indeed.
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life. John 5:24
But what about those who love the darkness? You were once in darkness and yet there came a time when you were empowered to believe, and your sentence was lifted, and you were completely pardoned. Can this happen to those who are in Hades?
In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison, [The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God’s patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. 1 Peter 3:19-20
Jesus went to Hades when He was crucified and preached and set the captives who loved the darkness free. The Word clearly tells us that Jesus never changes and that He is not a respecter of persons, so if He did it back then, He will do it again.