And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Parallel translations
- WEB Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- BSB And everyone who lives and believes in Me will 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 10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
- John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- Rom 8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
- 1 Jn 5:10–12He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
- John 8:51–53Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- John 6:54–58Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 3:15–18That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 6:50–51This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
- John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- John 14:10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
- Matt 9:28And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
- John 9:35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
- Mark 9:23Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
- Matt 26:53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
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