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John 12:47

As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

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Cross References

Luke 9:56And He and His disciples went on to another village.

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

John 12:48There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

2 Peter 3:15Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave 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 →

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