Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

New American Standard Bible

I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

King James Version

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

International Standard Version

And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."

A Conservative Version

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore what things I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

I know that His commandment is eternal life. So the things I speak, I speak [in accordance with His exact instruction,] just as the Father has told Me.”

An Understandable Version

And I know that [obeying] His commandments [leads to] never ending life. So, the things which I say are what the Father has told me [to say]."

Anderson New Testament

And I know that his commandment is life eternal. What things I speak therefore, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

Bible in Basic English

And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

Common New Testament

And I know that his command is eternal life. Whatever I say, therefore, I say just as the Father has told me."

Daniel Mace New Testament

and I know that it is a commission of eternal life: whatever therefore I say, I deliver just as the father directed me.

Darby Translation

and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

Godbey New Testament

And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Now whatsoever thing I say, as the Father has spoken unto me, so I say.

Goodspeed New Testament

And I know his orders mean eternal life. So whatever I say, I say only as the Father has told me."

John Wesley New Testament

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; what therefore I speak to you, as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.

Julia Smith Translation

And I know that his command is life eternal: therefore what I speak, as the Father said to me, so I speak.

King James 2000

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So [the things] that I say, just as the Father said to me, thus I say."

Modern King James verseion

And I know that His command is life everlasting. Therefore whatever I speak, even as the Father said to Me, so I speak.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And I know well that his commandment is life everlasting. Whatsoever I speak therefore: even as the father bade me, so I speak."

Moffatt New Testament

And I know his orders mean eternal life. Therefore when I speak, I speak as the Father has told me."

Montgomery New Testament

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So whatever I speak, I speak as the Father has told me."

NET Bible

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

New Heart English Bible

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."

Noyes New Testament

and I know that what he hath committed to me is everlasting life. What I speak therefore, I speak as the Father hath directed me.

Sawyer New Testament

and I know that his commandment is eternal life. What things I speak, therefore, I so speak as the Father has told me.

The Emphasized Bible

And I know that, his commandment, is, life age-abiding; The things, therefore, which I speak, just as the Father hath told me, so, I speak.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just as the Father spake to me, so speak I.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And I know that Immortal Life lies in keeping his command. Therefore, whatever I say, I say only what the Father has taught me."

Webster

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatever I speak therefore, even as the Father said to me, so I speak.

Weymouth New Testament

And I know that His command is the Life of the Ages. What therefore I speak, I speak just as the Father has bidden me."

Williams New Testament

And I know that His orders mean eternal life. So whatever I speak I am speaking as the Father has told me."

World English Bible

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."

Worrell New Testament

And I know that His commandment is life eternal. What things, therefore, I speak, even as My Father hath told Me, so I speak."

Worsley New Testament

And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, I so speak, as the Father hath directed me.

Youngs Literal Translation

and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

I know
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

his

Usage: 0

ἐντολή 
Entole 
Usage: 47

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

ζωή 
Zoe 
Usage: 88

αἰώνιος 
Aionios 
Usage: 47

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

even as
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

the Father
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

ἐρέω 
Ereo 
Usage: 41

unto me
μοί 
Moi 
me, my, I, mine
Usage: 152

so
οὕτω 
Houto 
Usage: 146

References

Context Readings

Jesus' Final Public Appeal

49 For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a command as to what I should say and what I should speak. 50 I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

Cross References

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who will we go to? You have the words of eternal life.

John 6:63

The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

John 17:3

This is eternal life:
that they may know You, the only true God,
and the One You have sent—Jesus Christ.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.

1 Timothy 1:16

But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

1 John 2:25

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

1 John 3:23-24

Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.

1 John 5:11-13

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true One. We are in the true One—that is, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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