11 translations · Greek
John 5:24
“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 5:24 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- KJV King James Version
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Truly, 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Truly, truly, I say to you, he who is hearing My word, and is believing Him who sent Me, has continuous life, and he does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I tell you the truth: those who follow what I say and trust the one who sent me have eternal life. They won't be condemned, but have gone from death to life.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Verily, verily, I say to you — He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἀμὴν | Amēn | Truly | G281 ἀμήν amen |
| ἀμὴν | amēn | truly | G281 ἀμήν amen |
| λέγω | legō | I tell | G3004 λέγω to say |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ὅτι | hoti | — | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ὁ | ho | whoever | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| τὸν | ton | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λόγον | logon | word | G3056 λόγος word |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἀκούων | akouōn | hears | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πιστεύων | pisteuōn | believes | G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in) |
| τῷ | tō | Him who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πέμψαντί | pempsanti | sent | G3992 πέμπω to send |
| με | me | Me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἔχει | echei | has | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| ζωὴν | zōēn | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| αἰώνιον | aiōnion | eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| εἰς | eis | under | G1519 εἰς toward |
| κρίσιν | krisin | judgment | G2920 κρίσις judgment |
| οὐκ | ouk | {will} not | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἔρχεται | erchetai | come | G2064 ἔρχομαι to come/go |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | Indeed | G235 ἀλλά but |
| μεταβέβηκεν | metabebēken | he has crossed over | G3327 μεταβαίνω to depart |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θανάτου | thanatou | death | G2288 θάνατος death |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ζωήν | zōēn | life | G2222 ζωή life |
Related verses
- John 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 6:40
This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- 1 John 5:11–13
The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
- John 3:18
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
- Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- John 11:26
Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- John 6:47
Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 10:27–30
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. …
- 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.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.
24 “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
25 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.
26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
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Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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