John 8:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 3:36 : 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?
  • Heb 10:26-29 : 26 For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins, 27 But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God. 28 A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses: 29 But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
  • Mark 16:16 : 16 He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
  • John 8:21 : 21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
  • John 3:18 : 18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
  • John 13:19 : 19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.
  • Acts 4:12 : 12 And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
  • John 4:26 : 26 Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.
  • Mark 13:6 : 6 People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:21-23
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    83%

    21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

    22 So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?

    23 And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 8:25-26
    2 verses
    80%

    25 Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.

    26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

  • John 8:45-47
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    76%

    45 But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

    46 Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

    47 He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

  • John 6:36
    76%

    36 But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.

  • John 5:38-40
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    75%

    38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

    39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

    40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

  • John 8:51-52
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    75%

    51 Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

    52 The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

  • John 18:8
    75%

    8 Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

  • John 16:9
    74%

    9 Of sin, because they have not faith in me;

  • John 6:47-48
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    73%

    47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.

    48 I am the bread of life.

  • John 8:58
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    58 Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

  • John 10:25-26
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    73%

    25 Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

    26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

  • John 13:19
    73%

    19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

  • John 14:6-7
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    73%

    6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

    7 If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.

  • John 9:41
    73%

    41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

  • John 8:55
    73%

    55 You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

  • John 8:12-14
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    73%

    12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

    13 So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.

    14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

  • John 12:44
    72%

    44 Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.

  • John 11:25-26
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    72%

    25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

    26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?

  • John 10:36-38
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    72%

    36 Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

    37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

    38 But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

  • John 5:24
    72%

    24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

  • John 14:11
    72%

    11 Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.

  • John 7:34
    72%

    34 You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

  • John 8:28
    72%

    28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

  • John 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

    12 If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

  • John 6:64
    72%

    64 But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.

  • John 12:33
    71%

    33 (This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

  • John 7:36
    71%

    36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

  • John 8:38
    71%

    38 I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.

  • John 8:42
    71%

    42 Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 4:26
    71%

    26 Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

  • John 8:34
    70%

    34 And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

  • John 18:5
    70%

    5 Their answer was, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said, I am he. And Judas, who was false to him, was there at their side.

  • John 8:31
    70%

    31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;