John 12:47
If anyone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
46I have come into the world as light, so that no one who believes in me will remain in darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of Man came to save the lost.
Luke 9:56For the Son of Man did not come to destroy people's lives but to save them.” And they went on to another village.
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
John 8:15You judge according to the flesh, but I judge no one.
John 12:48He who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
2 Peter 3:15And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul has written 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 →