John 5:24
22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Truly, 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.
25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Truly, 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.
- KJV
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- WEB
- “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- ASV
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
- DARBY
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
- BLB
- Truly, truly, I say to you⁺ that the one hearing My word and believing the One having sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- ÅB
- Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere: Den som hører mitt ord og tror ham som har sendt meg, han har evig liv og kommer ikke til dom, men er gått over fra døden til livet.
- OTB
- "Sannelig, sannelig, jeg sier dere, den som hører mitt ord og tror på ham som sendte meg, har evig liv og vil ikke bli dømt, men har gått over fra døden til livet.
- B1930
- Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Den som hører mitt ord og tror ham som har sendt mig, han har evig liv og kommer ikke til dom, men er gått over fra døden til livet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Read in context1 John 5:11–13
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Read in contextJohn 6:40
For 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.”
Read in contextJohn 3:18
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Read in contextRomans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextJohn 11:26
And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Read in contextJohn 6:47
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
Read in contextJohn 10:27–30
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
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