John 12:47

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 12:47 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 18:10See 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.
  2. Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
  3. Luke 9:56And He and His disciples went on to another village.
  4. Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
  5. John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
  6. John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  7. John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
  8. John 8:26“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.”
  9. John 12:48There 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.
  10. 1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
  11. 2 Peter 3:15Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
  12. 1 John 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

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