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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John Chrysostom
AD 407
2. For lest they should think, that for want of power He passed by the despisers, therefore spoke He the, I came not to judge the world. Then, in order that they might not in this way be made more negligent, when they had learned that he that believes is saved, and he that disbelieves is punished, see how He has also set before them a fearful court of judgment, by going on to say,