The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?"