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John 8:51
John 8:51 is verse 51 of John chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
King James Version
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
World English Bible
Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
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John 8:49–53 · Berean Standard Bible
49 “I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
50 I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
51 Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
52 “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
53 Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 5:24Truly, 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.
John 6:50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
John 11:26And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 8:55You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
John 15:20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Luke 2:26The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.