John 12:47

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if anyone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

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  • John 3:17 : 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
  • John 12:48 : 48 He who rejects me and does not receive my words has that which judges him: the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
  • 1 Tim 1:15-16 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And consider that the patience of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given to him has written to you;
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
  • John 8:15-16 : 15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
  • Luke 9:56 : 56 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them. And they went to another village.

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    48He who rejects me and does not receive my words has that which judges him: the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

    49For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

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    18He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    19This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

  • 39And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind.

  • 26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

  • John 8:15-16
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    15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

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  • John 6:37-38
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    37All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he who comes to me I will by no means cast out.

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    32And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

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  • 37If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.

  • 11Of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

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  • 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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    46Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

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  • 47Whoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:

  • 49I have come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled?

  • 56For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives but to save them. And they went to another village.

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  • 27Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this cause I came to this hour.

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  • 12For what do I have to do with judging those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

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