John 12:50

48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

49 I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
BLB
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Therefore what I speak, just as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”
ÅB
og jeg vet at hans befaling er evig liv. Derfor, det jeg taler, det taler jeg slik som Faren har sagt meg.
OTB
Jeg vet at hans bud fører til evig liv. Så hva jeg enn sier, er nøyaktig det Faderen har fortalt meg å si."
B1930
og jeg vet at hans befaling er evig liv. Derfor, det jeg taler, det taler jeg således som Faderen har sagt mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 17:3

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

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  • John 6:68

    Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

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  • 1 John 5:20

    And 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.

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  • John 6:63

    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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  • 1 Timothy 1:16

    But 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.

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  • 1 John 3:23–24

    And 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.

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  • 1 John 2:25

    And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

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  • John 20:31

    But 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.

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