Parallel Verses
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;
New American Standard Bible
So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him,
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,
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,
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;
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.
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;
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,
Themes
Christianity » Characteristics of » 8 an education
Disciples/apostles » Who is a disciple of Christ
Discipleship » Conditions of » Steadfastness
Fuller revelation » Gained by » Abiding in Christ's words
God » Mighty in its influence » A blessing to those who reverence it
Knowledge » Spiritual knowledge, general references to » Liberates the soul from all error
Perseverance » An evidence of belonging to Christ
Perseverance » Leads to increase of knowledge
Revelation » Gained by » Abiding in Christ's words
Spiritual » Knowledge » Liberates the soul from all error
Steadfastness » A characteristic of saints
The bible » Mighty in its influence » A blessing to those who reverence it
The word of God » Mighty in its influence » A blessing to those who reverence it
Interlinear
Pisteuo
Pisteuo
Emos
μοῦ
Mou
Usage: 313
References
Hastings
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:31
Images John 8:31
Prayers for John 8:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Truth Will Set You Free
30 While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him. 31 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; 32 And you find out the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."
Cross References
2 John 1:9
Every one who goes beyond the limits of the Teaching of the Christ has failed to find God; the man who keeps to that Teaching--he has found both the Father and the Son.
John 15:4-9
Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.
Matthew 24:13
Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.
John 1:47
When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said: "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!"
John 6:55
For my flesh is true food, and my blood true drink.
John 6:66-71
After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.
John 8:36
If, then, the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!
Acts 13:43
After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely upon the loving-kindness of God.
Acts 14:22
Reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.
Acts 26:22
However I have received help from God to this very day, and so stand here, and bear my testimony to high and low alike--without adding a word to what the Prophets, as well as Moses, declared should happen--
Romans 2:7
To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;
Romans 11:22
See, then, both the goodness and the severity of God--his severity towards those who fell, and his goodness towards you, provided that you continue to confide in that goodness; otherwise you, also, will be cut off.
Colossians 1:23
If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
1 Timothy 2:15
But women will find their salvation in motherhood, if they never abandon faith, love, or holiness, and behave with modesty.
1 Timothy 4:16
Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere in this, for your doing so will mean Salvation for yourself as well as for your hearers.
1 Timothy 5:3-5
Show consideration for widows--I mean those who are really widowed.
2 Timothy 3:14
You, however, must stand by what you learnt and accepted as true. You know who they were from whom you learnt it;
Hebrews 3:14
For we now all share in the Christ, if indeed we retain, unshaken to the end, the confidence that we had at the first.
Hebrews 8:9
Not such a Covenant as I made with their ancestors on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not abide by their Covenant with me, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord.
Hebrews 10:38-39
And through faith the Righteous man shall find his Life, But, if a man draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in him.'
James 1:25
But he who looks carefully into the perfect Law, the Law of Freedom, and continues to do so, not listening to it and then forgetting it, but putting it into practice--that man will be blessed in what he does.
1 John 2:19
From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.
1 John 2:24
As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.