Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Parallel translations
- WEB Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- KJV Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
- NKJV But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- NASB Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
- NLT Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.
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Peter answers, 'Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.' He confesses that Jesus alone offers what the soul truly needs.
Overview
Speaking for the Twelve, Peter recognizes there is no other source of life. Having just heard Jesus call His words spirit and life (v. 63), Peter affirms that those very words give eternal life. His confession models true faith: clinging to Christ precisely because He alone has the words of salvation.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
- 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.
- 1 Jn 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- Acts 5:20“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
- John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- Matt 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- Acts 7:38He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 5:39–40You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
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