John 8:31
Jesus, therefore, said to the Jews who believed in Him, “If you may remain in My word, you are truly My disciples,
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30As He is speaking these things, many believed in Him;
32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
Cross References
Matthew 24:13but he who endured to the end, he will be saved;
John 6:55for My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink;
John 8:36if then the Son may make you free, in reality you will be free.
Acts 13:43and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.
Acts 26:22Having obtained, therefore, help from God, until this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spoke of as about to come,
Romans 11:22Behold, then, goodness and severity of God—on those indeed who fell, severity; and on you, goodness, if you may remain in the goodness, otherwise, you also will be cut off.
Matthew Henry on John 8:22-31
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said they unto… Read the whole commentary →