And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Parallel translations
- WEB Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- KJV And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
- ESV and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
- NKJV And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
- NASB and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- NLT Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
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Quick answer
Those who live and believe in Jesus will never ultimately die. He presses Martha to personal faith with a direct question.
Overview
Building on the previous verse, Jesus promises that spiritual life in him is unbroken by physical death; the believer will never suffer the second, eternal death. His question, 'Do you believe this?', shows that the gospel demands personal trust, not mere assent to doctrine. The promise anchors Christian hope in Christ's victory over death.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- Rom 8:13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- 1 Jn 5:10–12Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
- John 8:51–53Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
- John 6:54–58Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 3:15–18that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- John 6:50–51This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
- Matt 9:28After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
- John 9:35When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
- Mark 9:23“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
- Matt 26:53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
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