Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
- BSB Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- NKJV Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
- NASB Therefore He is also able to save forever those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
- NLT Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.
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Quick answer
Therefore Christ can save completely all who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them. His unending life guarantees a full and final salvation.
Overview
Because his priesthood is permanent, Jesus saves 'to the uttermost', completely and forever, all who draw near to God through him. His ongoing heavenly intercession means his saving work continually applies to his people. This verse offers profound assurance: the believer's salvation rests on the never-ending priestly ministry of the living Christ.
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Cross-references · 40
- Rom 8:34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
- 1 Jn 2:1–2My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
- 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- Eph 2:18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
- Rom 5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
- Isa 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
- Eph 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
- Heb 9:24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
- Heb 7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
- Heb 11:6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
- Isa 59:16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
- John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- Dan 3:17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
- Dan 6:20And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
- Isa 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Isa 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Heb 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
- Heb 7:16Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
- Heb 2:18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
- Heb 13:15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
- John 10:29–30My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
- Jer 3:22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
- Phil 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
- John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- John 17:9–26I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
- Isa 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
- Dan 3:29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
- Heb 7:24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
- 2 Tim 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
- Rev 8:3–4And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
- John 16:23–24And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
- Dan 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Ps 68:31–32Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- John 5:37–40And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- Dan 9:16O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
- Eph 3:12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
- Heb 7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
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