John 8:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;

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  • 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.
  • 2 Tim 3:14 : 14 But continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them;
  • John 15:4-9 : 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you shall be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love.
  • Matt 24:13 : 13 But he who endures to the end will be saved.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!
  • John 6:55 : 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
  • John 6:66-71 : 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will you also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God. 70 Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for he it was that would betray him, being one of the twelve.
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature under heaven; of which I, Paul, am made a minister;
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
  • Acts 13:43 : 43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
  • 1 Sam 12:14 : 14 If you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both you and also the king that reigns over you continue following the LORD your God:
  • 1 John 2:24 : 24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 26:22 : 22 Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come:
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:
  • Rom 11:22 : 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
  • John 8:36 : 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
  • 1 Tim 5:3-5 : 3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;
  • Heb 8:9 : 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord.

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  • 30As he spoke these words, many believed in him.

  • John 15:7-11
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    7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done for you.

    8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you shall be my disciples.

    9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; continue in my love.

    10If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.

    11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

  • 32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  • John 8:34-39
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    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

    35And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever.

    36If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

    37I know that you are Abraham's descendants; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

    38I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.

    39They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.

  • John 8:51-52
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    51Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.

    52Then the Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keeps my word, he shall never taste death.

  • 47Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes in me has everlasting life.

  • 15If you love me, keep my commandments.

  • 14You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

  • 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

  • 41And many more believed because of his own word.

  • 28You are they which have continued with me in my trials.

  • John 8:24-25
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    24I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.

    25Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

  • John 8:45-47
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    45And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

    47He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.

  • 31Jesus answered them, 'Do you now believe?'

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    23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

    24He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • 35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

  • 38But if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.

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    26But you do not believe because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you.

    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

  • 17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

  • 55Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.

  • 37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

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    20At that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

    21He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.

  • 20Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

  • 11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.

  • 29Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.

  • 24Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

  • 44Then Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

  • 12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • 41Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.

  • 21If indeed you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: