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John 12:49
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49
"
1
For I did not
speak
on My
own
initiative
, but the
Father
Himself
who
sent
Me
2
has
given
Me a
commandment
as to
what
to
say
and
what
to
speak
.
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"If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
48
"He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
49
"For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
50
"I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me."
Cross References
2
1.
John 3:11
;
John 7:16
;
John 8:26, 28, 38
;
John 14:10, 24
2.
John 14:31
;
John 17:8
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[a].
Lit "of Myself"
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