John 12:47
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
KJV
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἐάν | ean | if | G1437 → |
| τίς | tis | anyone | G5100 → |
| μου | mou | My | G3165 → |
| ἀκούσῃ | akousē | shall hear | G191 → |
| τῶν | tōn | <the> | G3588 → |
| ῥημάτων | rhēmatōn | declarations | G4487 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| φυλάξῃ, | phulaxē | shall keep [them], | G5442 → |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| κρίνω | krinō | do judge | G2919 → |
| αὐτόν· | auton | him; | G846 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| ἦλθον | ēlthon | I came | G2064 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| κρίνω | krinō | I may judge | G2919 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| κόσμον | kosmon | world | G2889 → |
| ἀλλ᾽ | all᾽ | but | G235 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| σώσω | sōsō | I may save | G4982 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| κόσμον. | kosmon | world. | G2889 → |
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