John 12:26
24 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25 Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
27 Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
28 Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- KJV
- If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
- WEB
- If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
- ASV
- If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
- DARBY
- If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be *my* servant. [And] if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.
- BLB
- If anyone may serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there also My servant will be. If anyone may serve Me, the Father will honor him.
- ÅB
- Om noen er min tjener, han følge meg, og hvor jeg er, der skal også min tjener være; om noen er min tjener, ham skal Faren ære.
- OTB
- Hvis noen tjener meg, må de følge meg; og der jeg er, der vil også min tjener være. Min Far vil ære den som tjener meg.
- B1930
- Om nogen er min tjener, han følge mig, og hvor jeg er, der skal også min tjener være; om nogen er min tjener, ham skal Faderen ære.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:24
because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Read in contextGalatians 1:10
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
Read in contextJohn 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
Read in contextJohn 17:24
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Read in context1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
Read in contextRomans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:17–18
After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
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