John 8:21

Jesus warns that He is going away, and they will seek Him but die in their sins, unable to come where He goes. Persistent unbelief leads to death apart from Him.

Cross-references · 20

• John 7:34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
• John 8:24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
• John 13:33Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
• Ezek 3:18–19When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
• 1 Cor 15:17–18And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
• Luke 16:22–26And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
• Matt 23:39For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
• Ps 73:18–20Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
• Prov 11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
• John 12:33This he said, signifying what death he should die.
• Job 20:11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
• Prov 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
• John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
• Matt 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
• 2 Kgs 2:16–17And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
• 1 Kgs 18:10As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
• Isa 65:20There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
• Matt 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Eph 2:1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Matt 24:23–24Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

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