John 12:50

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”

ASV

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.

LSV

and I have known that His command is continuous life; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”

YLT

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.'

DBY

and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

DRC

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak.

GNV

And I knowe that his commandement is life euerlasting: the thinges therefore that I speake, I speake them so as the Father sayde vnto me.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν. ἃ οὖν ἐγὼ λαλῶ, καθὼς εἴρηκέν μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὕτως λαλῶ.

RP2018

Καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν· ἃ οὖν λαλῶ ἐγώ, καθὼς εἴρηκέν μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὕτως λαλῶ.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν· ἃ οὖν λαλῶ ἐγώ, καθὼς εἴρηκέ μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὕτω λαλῶ.

SCR1894

και οιδα οτι η εντολη αυτου ζωη αιωνιος εστιν α ουν λαλω εγω καθως ειρηκεν μοι ο πατηρ ουτως λαλω

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• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
• 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.
• John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
• 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.
• 1 John 3:23–24And 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. Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by…
• 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
• 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.
• 1 John 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who…

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