John 12:47

And if any one may hear my words, and not keep them, I do not judge him: for I came not that I may judge the world, but that I may save the world.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 have come a light into the world, in order that every one believing on me may not abide in darkness.

48He that rejects me, and receiving not my words, has one judging him: the word which I have spoken, it will judge him in the last day.

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Cross References

Luke 9:56And they went into another village.

John 3:17For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved.

John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

John 12:48He that rejects me, and receiving not my words, has one judging him: the word which I have spoken, it will judge him in the last day.

2 Peter 3:15and consider the longsuffering of the Lord's salvation; as our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom which was given unto him has written unto 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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