Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- KJV Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
- NKJV Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- NASB Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever.
- NLT Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Quick answer
Jesus Christ never changes; He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His unchanging nature is the anchor for steadfast faith.
Overview
Placed between a call to imitate faithful leaders and a warning against strange teachings, this affirmation of Christ's immutability grounds enduring faith. Though leaders pass away, Jesus remains constant in His person, work, and promises. His eternal sameness assures believers that the gospel they received is reliable and that He will keep His covenant forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Mal 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Jas 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Rev 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Heb 1:12You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
- Ps 90:2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
- Ps 102:27–28But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
- Ps 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- Isa 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Ps 90:4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- Rev 1:17–18When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Rev 1:4John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,
- John 8:56–58Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
- 2 Cor 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
- Rev 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
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