John 12:47 “As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judg…”

John 12:47

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if any man heare my wordes, and beleeue not, I iudge him not: for I came not to iudge the world, but to saue the world.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I — I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

Bible in Basic English

And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

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Cross references

“I judge”

John 12:48 John 5:45 John 8:26 John 8:15 John 8:16

John 12:48 · BSB

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.

John 5:45 · BSB

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

John 8:26 · BSB

“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

John 8:15 · BSB

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

John 8:16 · BSB

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

“for”

John 3:17 1 John 4:14 Luke 19:10 Matthew 20:28 2 Peter 3:15 Matthew 18:11

John 3:17 · BSB

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

1 John 4:14 · BSB

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

Luke 19:10 · BSB

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Matthew 20:28 · BSB

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.”

2 Peter 3:15 · BSB

Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

Also

Matthew 18:10

Matthew 18:10 · BSB

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

48There 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.

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