John 12:47
And if anyone has heard my words and not kept them, I do not judge him. For I did not come so that I may judge the world, but so that I may save the world.
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In Context
46I have arrived as a light to the world, so that all who believe in me might not remain in darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man has come to save what had been lost.
Luke 9:56The Son of man came, not to destroy lives, but to save them.” And they went into another town.
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
John 8:15You judge according to the flesh. I do not judge anyone.
John 12:48Whoever despises me and does not accept my words has one who judges him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him on the last day.
2 Peter 3:15And let the longsuffering of our Lord be considered salvation, as also our most beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to 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 →