John 12:47

Also, if someone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; because I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

Family 35 New Testament

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, Light, have come into the world so that everyone who believes into me will not remain in the darkness.

48The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken, that is what will judge him on the last day;

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Cross References

Matthew 18:11For the Son of the Man came to save the lost.

Luke 9:56Further, the Son of the Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save.” And they went to another village.

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

John 8:15You are judging according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone.

John 12:48The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken, that is what will judge him on the last day;

2 Peter 3:15and consider the longsuffering of our Lord to be salvation —just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote 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 →

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