Johannes 12:47

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Om någon hör mina ord, men icke håller dem, så dömer icke jag honom; ty jag har icke kommit för att döma världen, utan för att frälsa världen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I judge: John 12:48, John 5:45, John 8:15, John 8:16, John 8:26

for: John 3:17, Matthew 18:11, Matthew 20:28, Luke 9:56, Luke 19:10, 1 Timothy 1:15, 1 Timothy 1:16, 2 Peter 3:15, 1 John 4:14

Reciprocal: Proverbs 2:1 - if Isaiah 28:9 - shall he teach Matthew 27:42 - saved Mark 16:16 - but John 8:50 - there John 10:10 - I am John 16:9 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if any man hear my words and believe not,.... Men may hear the Gospel of Christ, and not understand it; and they may understand it literally and grammatically, though not spiritually and experimentally, and not believe it; not so much as give credit or an assent to the truth of it, but reject and deny it; for though faith comes by hearing to some, it does not come to all: some receive no profit by hearing it, because it is not mixed with faith by them. The Alexandrian copy, and all the Oriental versions, and also Nonnus, read the last clause thus, "and keep [them] not"; or does not observe them, is negligent of them, and shows no regard, and yields not the obedience of faith to them; the sense is the same.

I judge him not; I do not accuse him to the Father, nor do I condemn him, nor shall I take vengeance on him for so doing; meaning, that he should do none of these things now, though hereafter he will be a swift witness against him, and will convict and condemn him, and pass sentence on him, and execute it:

for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. Christ, at his first coming, came not under the character of a judge, but a Saviour; wherefore suitable to his character, and the end of his coming, he would not accuse, condemn, or judge any man, even the greatest unbelievers in him, and despisers of him, but would leave them to another day, when righteous judgment shall take place.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I judge him not ... - John 8:15. It was not his present purpose to condemn men. He would come to condemn the guilty at a future time. At present he came to save them. Hence he did not now even pronounce decisively on the condition of those who rejected him, but still gave them an opportunity to be saved.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 12:47. And believe not — και μη φυλαξη, And keep them not, is the reading of ABL, seven others; Syriac, Wheelock's Persian, two of the Arabic, Coptic, Sahidic, AEthiopic, Armenian, later Syriac, Vulgate, six of the Itala, and some of the fathers.

A man must hear the words of Christ in order to believe them; and he must believe, in order to keep them; and he must keep them in order to his salvation.

I judge him not — I need not do it: the words of Moses and the prophets judge and condemn him. See the notes on John 3:17; John 5:45.