And if any man hear my words, and believe not. — The better reading is,... and keep them not. (Comp., for the words “hear” and “keep,” Notes on Luke 11:28; Luke 18:21.) For the thought of the verse comp. in this Gospel, Notes on John 3:17 et seq.; 5:24, 45 et seq.; 8:15 ei seq.; and the apparently opposite assertion in John 9:39.
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John 12:47
47 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.