John 12:47

and if anyone may hear My sayings, and 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.

Literal Standard Version

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 to the world—have come, that everyone who is believing in Me may not remain in the darkness;

48He who is rejecting Me, and not receiving My sayings, has one who is judging him, the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day,

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Cross References

Matthew 18:11[[for the Son of Man came to save the lost.]]

Luke 9:56for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save”; and they went on to another village.

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world that He may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through Him;

John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I do not judge anyone,

John 12:48He who is rejecting Me, and not receiving My sayings, has one who is judging him, the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day,

2 Peter 3:15and count the long-suffering of our Lord [as] salvation, according 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 →

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