John 12:47
45 And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
49 I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- If anyone listens to my sayings and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- ASV
- And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- DARBY
- and if any one hear my words and do not keep [them], I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
- BLB
- And if anyone might hear My words and not keep [them], I do not judge him; for I did not come so that I might judge the world, but so that I might save the world.
- ÅB
- Og dersom noen hører mine ord og ikke tar vare på dem, så dømmer ikke jeg ham; for jeg er ikke kommet for å dømme verden, men for å frelse verden;
- OTB
- "Hvis noen hører mine ord, men ikke holder dem, dømmer jeg ikke den personen. For jeg kom ikke for å dømme verden, men for å frelse den.
- B1930
- Og dersom nogen hører mine ord og ikke tar vare på dem, så dømmer ikke jeg ham; for jeg er ikke kommet for å dømme verden, men for å frelse verden;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
Read in contextJohn 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Read in contextJohn 8:15–16
You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:15–16
This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
Read in context1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
Read in contextLuke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Read in contextMatthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Read in contextJohn 5:45
Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
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