51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
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Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: …
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.
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. …
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 51-59)In these verses we have, I. The doctrine of the immortality of believers laid down, John 8:51. It is ushered in with the usual solemn preface, Verily, verily, I say unto you , which commands both attention and assent, and this is what he says, If a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death . Here we have, 1. The character of a believer: he is one that keeps the sayings of the Lord Jesus, ton l…
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