John 12:47
And if any one hear my words, and keep them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
46I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.
Luke 9:56And they went to another village.
John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 8:15Ye judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
John 12:48He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him. The word that I spokes that shall judge him in the last day.
2 Peter 3:15And the long-suffering of our Lord account salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote 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 →