<p>12:47 <i>And if anyone hear my sayings and keep them not, I judge him not. For I came not to judge the world but to save</i>- For judgment He came into this world (Jn. 9:39), although He Himself came not to judge so much as to save (Jn. 12:47; &quot;not&quot; is also used in the sense of 'not so much to... but rather to...'&nbsp; in 2 Cor. 7:12: &quot;I did it not so much for his cause ....but that our care...&quot;. Likewise in Mk. 10:45, the Lord came not <i>so much as </i>to be ministered unto, but to minister. He was and is ministered unto, but His focus is upon <i>His</i> ministering to us: Mk. 1:13,31; 15:41; Col. 1:7; 1 Tim. 4:6). God said He judged His people 'according to their way&hellip; according to their judgments I will judge' (Ez. 7:27 LXX). A man's way, freely chosen, is his judgment. We truly 'make the answer now'. The Saviour came more to save than condemn (Jn. 12:47); it is men who condemn themselves as inappropriate to receive eternal life. It is <i>their</i> words, not His, which will be the basis of their rejection.</p>