Charles Ellicott Commentary John 12:47

"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." — John 12:47 (ASV)

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