John 12:47
And if any one hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
46I have come a light into the world, that he who believes on me, may not remain in darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man has come to save that which is lost.
Luke 9:56And they went to another village.
John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through him, might be saved.
John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no man.
John 12:48He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has that which judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.
2 Peter 3:15and count the long-suffering of our Lord, salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, has written to you;
Matthew Henry on John 12:45-50
Christ's Last Discourse with the Jews. 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the… Read the whole commentary →