John 8:51
Amen, amen, I say to you, if anyone will have kept my word, he will not see death for eternity.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
In Context
50But I am not seeking my own glory. There is One who seeks and judges.
Cross References
John 3:15so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
John 6:50This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die.
John 8:55And yet you have not known him. But I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, then I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
John 15:20Remember my saying that I told you: The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
Matthew Henry on John 8:49-51
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having… Read the whole commentary →