For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.
Parallel translations
- KJV For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
- BSB In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
- NKJV For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
- NASB For where there is a covenant, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it.
- NLT Now when someone leaves a will, it is necessary to prove that the person who made it is dead.
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Cross-references · 4
- Jas 2:10For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
- 1 Cor 15:22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
- Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Rom 5:12Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
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