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And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
1 John 2:25 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
  • KJV And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • NKJV And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.
  • NASB This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.
  • NLT And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

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Quick answer

The promise Christ has given is eternal life. This is the believer's sure hope.

Overview

John names the great promise attached to abiding in Christ: eternal life. This is the gift Jesus himself has pledged. It assures believers that remaining faithful to the gospel leads to everlasting communion with God, a hope that anchors the soul amid deception and trial.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  • Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
  • Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
  • John 17:2–3For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  • Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  • 1 Tim 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
  • 1 Jn 1:2And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
  • Rom 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
  • John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  • John 12:50And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
  • 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • 1 Jn 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
  • John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
  • John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
  • 1 Tim 6:19treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
  • Dan 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • John 6:54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  • Luke 18:30will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
  • Gal 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
  • 1 Tim 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
  • Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Christ at the center

Jesus is the Word of life made manifest, the propitiation for our sins, the Son in whom is eternal life — 'that you may know that you have eternal life.'

How 1 John 2:25 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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