John 12:50

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“And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.””

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BSBPD

“And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I know that his commandment is life eternal; the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 12:50 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  2. John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  3. John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
  4. John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
  5. 1 Timothy 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
  6. 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
  7. 1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
  8. 1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
  9. 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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