John 12:47
And if any man, hearing my words, believeth not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
46I am come a light into the world, that every one who believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Luke 9:56for the Son of man came not to destroy men’s lives, but to preserve them. And he proceeded to another village.
John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world by him might be saved.
John 8:15Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
John 12:48He that sets me at nought, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: even the word which I have spoken, the same shall judge him at the last day.
2 Peter 3:15And account the long suffering of our Lord conducive to salvation; as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath 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 →