John 12:50
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
KJV
καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιός ἐστιν. ἃ οὖν ἐγὼ λαλῶ, καθὼς εἴρηκέν μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὕτως λαλῶ.
Greek NT
Et scio quia mandatum ejus vita æterna est : quæ ergo ego loquor, sicut dixit mihi Pater, sic loquor.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐγὼ λαλῶ — SBLGNT
- ἐγὼ λαλῶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λαλῶ ἐγὼ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 2:25 — And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
- 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
- Acts 5:20 — Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
- Acts 11:14 — Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
- Eccl 7:12 — For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- John 6:68 — Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
- John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Prov 4:4 — He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.