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Jesus at the Feast of Dedication

John 10:28

In 9 translations

BSB
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
KJV
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
WEB
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
ASV
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
LSV
and I give continuous life to them, and they will not perish—throughout the age, and no one will snatch them out of My hand;
YLT
and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish — to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;
DBY
and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
DRC
And I give them life everlasting; and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall pluck them out of my hand.
GNV
And I giue vnto them eternall life, and they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ζωὴν elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αἰώνιον elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: δίδωμι αὐτοῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δίδωμι αὐτοῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον; Robinson–Pierpont read ζωὴν αἰώνιον δίδωμι αὐτοῖς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
κἀγὼ δίδωμι αὐτοῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπόλωνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσει τις αὐτὰ ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου.
RP2018
κἀγὼ ζωὴν αἰώνιον δίδωμι αὐτοῖς· καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπόλωνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσει τις αὐτὰ ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου.
TR-Boyd
κἀγὼ ζωὴν αἰώνιον δίδωμι αὐτοῖς· καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπόλωνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσει τις αὐτὰ ἐκ τῆς χειρός μου.
SCR1894
καγω ζωην αιωνιον διδωμι αυτοις και ου μη απολωνται εις τον αιωνα και ουχ αρπασει τις αυτα εκ της χειρος μου

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◆ Feast of Dedication

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 6:39–40And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have…
  • John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  • John 3:15–16that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  • Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
  • John 18:9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
  • Romans 8:29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
  • Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  • Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
  • John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  • 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
  • Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
  • John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  • John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  • 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
  • 1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

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