John 12:47
And whoever shall hear my words, and not observe them, I judge him not; for I did not come to judge the world, but to vivify the world.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
46I have come into the world, a light, that whoever believeth in me, might not abide in darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:11For the Son of man, hath come to give life to that which was lost.
Luke 9:56For the Son of man hath not come to destroy souls; but to quicken them. And they went to another village.
John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world; but that the world might live by means of him.
John 8:15Ye judge according to the flesh: I judge no one.
John 12:48Whoever rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, there is one to judge him; the word which I speak, will judge him, at the last day.
2 Peter 3:15And account the long suffering of the Lord to be redemption; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom conferred on him, wrote to 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 →