Parallel Verses

Common New Testament

Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

New American Standard Bible

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;

King James Version

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

Holman Bible

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you really are My disciples.

International Standard Version

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

A Conservative Version

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples,

American Standard Version

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

Amplified

So Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word [continually obeying My teachings and living in accordance with them, then] you are truly My disciples.

An Understandable Version

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed [in Him], "If you people continue [obeying] my message, then you are truly my disciples.

Anderson New Testament

Then said Jesus to those Jews that believed on him: If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed,

Bible in Basic English

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

Daniel Mace New Testament

Jesus said therefore to those Jews who believed on him, if you adhere to my doctrine, then will you be my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth,

Darby Translation

Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

Godbey New Testament

Then Jesus said to the Jews, who believed on Him, If you may abide in my word, you are truly my disciples;

Goodspeed New Testament

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine,

John Wesley New Testament

Then said Jesus to the Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed:

Julia Smith Translation

Then said Jesus to the Jews having believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples.

King James 2000

Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples,

Modern King James verseion

Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on Him, If you continue in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, "If ye continue in my words, then are ye my very disciples:

Moffatt New Testament

So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine:

Montgomery New Testament

So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;

NET Bible

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

New Heart English Bible

Jesus therefore said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

Noyes New Testament

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

Sawyer New Testament

Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed;

The Emphasized Bible

Jesus was saying, therefore, unto the Jews who had believed on him - If, ye, abide in my word, of a truth, my disciples, ye are;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my disciples;

Twentieth Century New Testament

So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;

Webster

Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed;

Weymouth New Testament

Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;

Williams New Testament

So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples,

World English Bible

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

Worrell New Testament

Jesus, therefore, said to those Jews who had believed on Him, "If ye abide in My word, ye are truly My disciples;

Worsley New Testament

Therefore said Jesus to the Jews that believed on Him, If ye continue in my word, ye are indeed my disciples.

Youngs Literal Translation

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

to
πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412

πιστεύω 
Pisteuo 
Usage: 163

Ἰουδαῖος 
Ioudaios 
Usage: 190

πιστεύω 
Pisteuo 
Usage: 163

on him

Usage: 0

If
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

ye
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
Usage: 120

μένω 
meno 
Usage: 85

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

my
ἐμός 
Emos 
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, mine, mine own, of me, I
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 25
Usage: 313

λόγος 
Logos 
word, saying, account, speech, Word , thing, not tr,
Usage: 256

then are ye
ἐστέ 
Este 
are, be, is, belong to, have been, not tr
Usage: 53

μαθητής 
Mathetes 
Usage: 254

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 8:31

References

Images John 8:31

Prayers for John 8:31

Context Readings

The Truth Will Set You Free

30 As he spoke these words, many believed in him. 31 Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."



Cross References

2 John 1:9

Anyone who runs ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

John 15:4-9

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

Matthew 24:13

But he who endures to the end will be saved.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

John 6:55

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

John 6:66-71

From this time many of his disciples went back and no longer walked with him.

John 8:36

So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Acts 13:43

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."

Acts 26:22

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

Romans 2:7

to those who by patience in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Romans 11:22

Therefore consider the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a minister.

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved through the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-restraint.

1 Timothy 4:16

Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

1 Timothy 5:3-5

Honor widows who are real widows.

2 Timothy 3:14

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, knowing from whom you learned it,

Hebrews 3:14

For we have come to share in Christ if we hold our first confidence firm to the end,

Hebrews 8:9

not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord.

Hebrews 10:38-39

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

James 1:25

But one who looks intently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer that acts, this man will be blessed in what he does.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that it might be plain that none of them were of us.

1 John 2:24

Let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

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