John 12:47

New International Reader's Version

“I don’t judge a person who hears my words but does not obey them. I didn’t come to judge the world. I came to save the world.

Cross References

Matthew 18:10

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones. Here is what I tell you. Their angels in heaven are always with my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 20:28

Be like the Son of Man. He did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”

Luke 19:10

The Son of Man came to look for the lost and save them.”

Luke 9:56

Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.

John 12:48

But there is a judge for anyone who does not accept me and my words. These words I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

John 3:17

God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

John 5:45

“Do not think I will bring charges against you in front of the Father. Moses is the one who does that. And he is the one you build your hopes on.

John 8:26

“I have a lot to say that will judge you. But the one who sent me can be trusted. And I tell the world what I have heard from him.”

2 Peter 3:15

Remember that while our Lord is waiting patiently to return, people are being saved. Our dear brother Paul also wrote to you about this. God made him wise to write as he did.

1 John 4:14

The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We have seen it and are witnesses to it.