John 12:47

45 And ^ahe who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.

46 ^aI have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.

47 And if anyone hears My words and does not¹ believe, ^aI do not judge him; for ^bI did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

48 ^aHe who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—^bthe word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

49 For ^aI have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, ^bwhat I should say and what I should speak.

50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I ^aspeak.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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John 12:47

And believe not - ͅ , And keep them not, is the reading of ABL, seven others; Syriac, Wheelock' s Persian, two of the Arabic, Coptic, Sahidic, Ethiopic, 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.

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