John 12:47

And if any one hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

Montgomery New Testament

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

46Like light am I come into the world, so that no one who believes in me may remain in darkness.

48He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has indeed a judge. The message which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the Last Day,

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Cross References

Matthew 18:11"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Luke 9:56"You know not what kind of spirit you share, for the Son of man came not to destroy men’s lives, but to save them." And they went to another village.

John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

John 8:15"For you are judging according to the flesh. I am judging no man.

John 12:48He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has indeed a judge. The message which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the Last Day,

2 Peter 3:15Regard our Lord’s longsuffering as salvation; even as our dear brother Paul also wrote 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 →

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