John 10:9
7 So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8 All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- KJV
- I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
- WEB
- I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.
- ASV
- I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
- DARBY
- I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
- BLB
- I am the door. If anyone may enter through Me, he will be saved, and he will come in and will go out and will find pasture.
- ÅB
- Jeg er døren; den som går inn gjennom meg, han blir frelst, og han skal gå inn og gå ut og finne føde.
- OTB
- Jeg er porten; den som går inn gjennom meg skal bli frelst og skal gå inn og ut og finne beite.
- B1930
- Jeg er døren; den som går inn gjennem mig, han blir frelst, og han skal gå inn og gå ut og finne føde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Read in contextEphesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Read in contextJohn 10:7
So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
Read in contextJohn 10:1
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Read in contextRomans 5:1–2
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Read in contextPsalms 100:3–4
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Read in contextPsalms 95:7
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
Read in contextPsalms 23:1–6
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
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