John 12:47
And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
46I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me may not abide in darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
Luke 9:56For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them.” And they went to another village. 1 The Cost of Discipleship
John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world so that He might condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
John 12:48He that rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word which I spoke, that word will judge him in the last day.
2 Peter 3:15and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to 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 →