Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- BSB Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- 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 3:6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
- Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Rev 1:8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
- Isa 44:6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
- Heb 1:12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
- Ps 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
- Ps 102:27–28But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
- Ps 103:17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
- Isa 41:4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
- Ps 90:4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
- Rev 1:17–18And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
- Rev 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
- John 8:56–58Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
- 2 Cor 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
- Rev 1:11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
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