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John 12:50
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KJ21
And I know that His commandment is life everlasting. Whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.”
ASV
And I know that his commandment is life eternal; the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.
AMP
I know that His commandment is eternal life. So the things I speak, I speak [in accordance with His exact instruction,] just as the Father has told Me.”
AMPC
And I know that His commandment is (means) eternal life. So whatever I speak, I am saying [exactly] what My Father has told Me to say and in accordance with His instructions.
BRG
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
CSB
I know that his command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
CSBA
I know that his command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.’
CEB
I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, whatever I say is just as the Father has said to me.”
CJB
And I know that his command is eternal life. So what I say is simply what the Father has told me to say.”
CEV
I know that his commands will bring eternal life. This is why I tell you exactly what the Father has told me.
DARBY
and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
DLNT
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Therefore the things which I speak— just as the Father has told Me, so I speak”.
DRA
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak.
ERV
And I know that whatever he says to do will bring eternal life. So the things I say are exactly what the Father told me to say.”
EASY
The message that the Father has given me causes people to have life for ever. I know that. So I speak only those things that the Father has said to me.’
EHV
And I know that his command is eternal life. So the things I speak are exactly what the Father told me to speak.”
ESV
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”
ESVUK
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”
EXB
And I know that eternal life comes from what the Father commands. So whatever I say is what the Father told me to say.”
GNV
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: the things therefore that I speak, I speak them so as the Father said unto me.
GW
I know that what he commands is eternal life. Whatever I say is what the Father told me to say.”
GNT
And I know that his command brings eternal life. What I say, then, is what the Father has told me to say.”
HCSB
I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
ICB
And I know that eternal life comes from what the Father commands. So whatever I say is what the Father told me to say.”
ISV
And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
PHILLIPS
But later, Jesus cried aloud, “Every man who believes in me, is believing in the one who sent me; and every man who sees me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that no one who believes in me need remain in the dark. Yet, if anyone hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him—for I did not come to judge the world but to save it. Every man who rejects me and will not accept my sayings has a judge—at the last day, the very words that I have spoken will be his judge. For I have not spoken on my own authority: the Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and what to speak. And I know that what he commands means eternal life. All that I say I speak only in accordance with what the Father has told me.”
JUB
And I know that his commandment is eternal life; whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
KJV
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
AKJV
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
LSB
And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
LEB
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So the things that I say, just as the Father said to me, thus I say.”
TLB
And I know his instructions lead to eternal life; so whatever he tells me to say, I say!”
MSG
“If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn’t take it seriously, I don’t reject him. I didn’t come to reject the world; I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I’m saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word. I’m not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it. And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That’s all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you.”
MEV
I know that His command is eternal life. Therefore what I say, I say as the Father tells me.”
MOUNCE
And I know that · his command is eternal life. So whatever I say, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
NOG
I know that what he commands is eternal life. Whatever I say is what the Father told me to say.”
NABRE
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”
NASB
And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
NASB1995
I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”
NCB
I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, what I speak is what the Father has told me to say.”
NCV
And I know that eternal life comes from what the Father commands. So whatever I say is what the Father told me to say.”
NET
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”
NIRV
I know that his command leads to eternal life. So everything I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”
NIV
I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”
NIVUK
I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.’
NKJV
And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”
NLV
I know that His Word is life that lasts forever. I speak the things the Father has told Me to speak.”
NLT
And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say.”
NMB
And I know that this commandment is life everlasting. Whatever I speak, therefore, just as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
NRSVA
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.’
NRSVACE
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.’
NRSVCE
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
NRSVUE
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
NTFE
And I know that his command is the life of the coming age. What I speak, then, is what the father has told me to speak.”
OJB
And I have da’as that the mitzvah of Him is Chayyei Olam. Whatsoever things I speak, I speak, therefore, just as HaAv has told me.
RGT
“And I know that His Commandment is life everlasting. Therefore, the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father said to Me.”
RSV
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.”
RSVCE
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.”
TLV
And I know that His commandment is life everlasting. Therefore what I say, I say just as the Father has told Me.”
VOICE
I know His command is eternal life, so every word I utter originates in Him.
WEB
I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”
WE
I know that what he told me to say has power to give life for ever. So I say everything my Father has told me to say.'
WYC
And I know, that his commandment is everlasting life; therefore those things that I speak, as the Father said to me, so I speak.
YLT
and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.'
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