John 12:47
And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.
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Luke 9:56And they went to another small town.
John 3:17God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
John 8:15You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.
John 12:48He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
2 Peter 3:15And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;
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 →