John 6:47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
KJV
ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
Greek NT
Amen, amen dico vobis : qui credit in me, habet vitam æternam.
Vulgate
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.
ASV
Amen, amen, I say unto you: He that believeth in me hath everlasting life.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰώνιος
aionios
adjective · 70×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
ἀμήν
amen
hebrew_word · 124×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: πιστεύων | WH/NIV: πιστεύων | Treg/RP: + εἰς ἐμέ
- πιστεύων — SBLGNT
- πιστεύων — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + εἰς ἐμέ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2835This petition, with the responsibility it involves, also applies to another hunger from which men are perishing: "Man does not live by bread alone, but . . . by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God,"123 that is, by the Word he speaks and the Spirit he breathes forth. Christians must make every effort "to proclaim the good news to the poor." There is a famine on earth,…
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger. Calvin expounds the feeding of the five thousand as a sign pointing to Christ as the true bread from heaven. The bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Whoever eats the flesh of the Son of Man and drinks his blood has eternal life. Calvin insists this is spiritual feeding by fai…
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 5:12 — He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
- Acts 16:31 — And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
- Col 3:3 — For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
- John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
- John 3:15 — That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
- John 3:18 — He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- John 3:18 — He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- John 5:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- John 6:40 — And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:53 — Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
- John 6:54 — Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:54 — Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:58 — This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
- John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- John 14:19 — Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
- Mark 8:8 — So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
- Mark 14:18 — And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
- Matt 19:16 — And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
- Matt 26:26 — And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
- Rom 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
- Rom 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circum
- Rom 5:9 — Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.