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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.” 
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John 12:47

If any one (ean tiv). Third-class condition with ean and first aorist active subjunctive (akoush) of akouw and same form (fulach) of fulassw with negative mh.

But to save the world (all ina swsw ton kosmon). Purpose clause again (cf. ina krinw, just before) with ina and first aorist active of s"z". Exaggerated contrast again, "not so much to judge, but also to save." See John 3:17 for same contrast. And yet Jesus does judge the world inevitably (John 8:15 f.; John 9:39), but his primary purpose is to save the world (John 3:16). See close of the Sermon on the Mount for the same insistence on hearing and keeping (obeying) the words of Jesus (Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:26) and also Luke 11:28.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 12:47:

John 12:2
1 Timothy 1:15

 

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