John 12:47
As for those who hear my message but do not obey its commands, I am not the one who judges them. The main reason that I came ◄ into the world/from heaven► was not to judge the people of [MTY] the world. Instead, I came to save them from being punished for their sins.
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Luke 9:56So they went to a different village.
John 3:17When God sent his Son into the world, his purpose was not to punish the people in [MTY] the world for their sins. Instead, he sent him in order that they might be saved by him {he might save them} from being ◄ guilty/punished► for their sins.
John 8:15You judge people according to human standards. The reason that I am here is not ◄to condemn people/to say that I will punish people► for their sins.
John 12:48There is something that will judge those who reject me and do not accept my message. On the judgment day God will condemn them because they rejected the message that I have told them.
2 Peter 3:15And think about this: Our Lord Jesus Christ is patient because he wants people to be saved. Our dear ◄brother/fellow believer► Paul also wrote wise words to you about these same matters, because God enabled him to understand these ◄ events/things that will happen►.
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 →