Jesus Came to Save the World

John 12

44 Then Jesus cried out and said, w "He who believes in Me, x believes not in Me y but in Him who sent Me. 45 "And z he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 a "I 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 not 1 believe, b I do not judge him; for c I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 d "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him - e the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 "For f I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, g what 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 h speak."

  1. Cross References
    Mark 9:37
    "Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me."
  2. Cross References
    John 3:16
    For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
    John 3:18
    He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
    John 3:36
    "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
    John 11:25
    Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
    John 11:26
    "And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
  3. Cross References
    John 5:24
    Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
  4. Cross References
    John 14:9
    Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
  5. Cross References
    John 1:4
    In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
    John 1:5
    And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
    John 8:12
    Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.
    John 12:35
    Then Jesus said to them, "A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
    John 12:36
    While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.
  6. Cross References
    John 5:45
    Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you - Moses, in whom you trust.
  7. Cross References
    John 3:17
    For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
  8. Cross References
    Luke 10:16
    "He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 18:18
    I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
    Deuteronomy 18:19
    And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.
    John 5:45
    Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you - Moses, in whom you trust.
    John 8:47
    "He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."
  10. Cross References
    John 8:38
    "I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father."
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 18:18
    I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
  12. Cross References
    John 5:19
    Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
    John 8:28
    Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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