John 12:47
and if any one hear my words and do not keep [them], I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
46I am come into the world [as] light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in darkness;
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.
Luke 9:56And they went to another village.
John 3:17For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.
John 8:15Ye judge according to the flesh, I judge no one.
John 12:48He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.
2 Peter 3:15and account the longsuffering of our Lord [to be] salvation; according as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom 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 →