John 12:47
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.
KJV
καὶ ἐάν τίς μου ἀκούσῃ τῶν ῥημάτων καὶ μὴ φυλάξῃ, ἐγὼ οὐ κρίνω αὐτόν· οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον ἵνα κρίνω τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ’ ἵνα σώσω τὸν κόσμον.
Greek NT
Et si quis audierit verba mea, et non custodierit, ego non judico eum ; non enim veni ut judicem mundum, sed ut salvificem mundum.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And if any man hear my words and keep them not, I do not judge him for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- φυλάξῃ — SBLGNT
- φυλάξῃ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πιστεύσῃ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And not for this only does He call him Elias everywhere, but to signify His perfect agreement with the Old Testament, and that this advent too is according to prophecy. Wherefore also He adds again, He came, and they knew him not, but have done unto him all things whatsoever they listed. Matthew 17:12 What means, all things whatsoever they listed? They cast him into prison, …
1. Of the men of that time some clung to their error, others laid hold on the truth, while of these last, some having retained it for a little while again fell off from it. Alluding to these, Christ compared them to seeds not deeply sown, but having their roots upon the surface of the earth; and He said that they should quickly perish. And these the Evangelist has here pointed …
Cross-references
- 1John 4:14 — And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
- 1John 4:14 — And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
- 1Tim 1:15 — This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
- 1Tim 1:15 — This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
- Isa 28:9 — Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
- John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- John 3:17 — For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- John 8:15 — Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
- John 8:15 — Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
- John 8:26 — I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
- John 10:10 — The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
- John 12:48 — He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
- John 16:9 — Of sin, because they believe not on me;
- Luke 9:56 — For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
- Luke 19:10 — For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
- Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;