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Peter’s Confession of Faith

John 6:68

In 9 translations

BSB
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
KJV
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
WEB
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
ASV
Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
LSV
Simon Peter, therefore, answered Him, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have sayings of continuous life;
YLT
Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, 'Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;
DBY
Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal;
DRC6:69
And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
GNV
Then Simon Peter answered him, Master, to whome shall we goe? thou hast the wordes of eternall life:

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οὖν (“therefore”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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  • SBLGNT: ἀπεκρίθη. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπεκρίθη; Robinson–Pierpont add οὖν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Σίμων Πέτρος· Κύριε, πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; ῥήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις,
RP2018
Ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτῷ Σίμων Πέτρος, Κύριε, πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; Ῥήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις.
TR-Boyd
Ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτῷ Σίμων Πέτρος, Κύριε, πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; Ῥήματα ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις.
SCR1894
απεκριθη ουν αυτω σιμων πετρος κυριε προς τινα απελευσομεθα ρηματα ζωης αιωνιου εχεις

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👤 Jesus Christ👤 Simon Peter◆ Bread of Life Sermon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
  • 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 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…
  • Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
  • Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
  • John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  • Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
  • John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • Acts 7:38He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
  • John 5:39–40You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
  • John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

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  • 6:69 in some Bibles
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