John 5:26 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For [just] as the Father is Himself [the source of] life, in the same way He gave to His Son also [the power] to be [the source of] life.

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For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

For even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent.

For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:

Just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.

For just as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself.

For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given the Son also to have life in himself: