John 12:50 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁰ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

⁵⁰ I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, whatever I say is just as the Father has said to me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, the things that I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so also do I speak."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁰ 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.

John 12:50 Cross References

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

John 20:31

but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

John 5:19

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.

John 6:63

It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life;

John 8:28

So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak thus as the Father taught me.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

1 Timothy 1:16

but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

1 John 2:25

And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.