Parallel Verses

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,

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;

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;

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;

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 Even while He was saying this, many believed in Him. 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."



Cross References

2 John 1:9

No one has God, who goes too far and fails to stay by the teaching of Christ. Whoever stays by this teaching has the Father and the Son.

John 15:4-9

You must remain in union with me and I will remain in union with you. Just as no branch by itself can bear fruit unless it remains united to the vine, so you cannot unless you remain in union with me.

Matthew 24:13

But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite with no deceit in him!"

John 6:55

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

John 6:66-71

As a result of this many of His disciples turned their backs on Him and stopped accompanying Him.

John 8:36

So if the Son sets you free, you will be really free.

Acts 13:43

and after the congregation had broken up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism allied themselves with Paul and Barnabas, and they kept talking to them and urging them to continue to rely on the unmerited favor of God.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.

Acts 26:22

As I have gotten help from God clear down to this very day, I stand here to testify to high and low alike, without adding a syllable to what Moses and the prophets said should take place,

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

Romans 11:22

So take a look at the goodness and the severity of God; severity to those who have fallen, but goodness to you, on condition that you continue to live by His goodness; otherwise, you too will be pruned away.

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue well grounded and firm in faith and never shift from the hope inspired by the good news you heard, which has been preached all over the world, and of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

1 Timothy 2:15

But women will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to live in faith, love, and purity, blended with good sense.

1 Timothy 4:16

Make it your habit to pay close attention to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things, for if you do you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

1 Timothy 5:3-5

Always care for widows who are really dependent.

2 Timothy 3:14

But you, on your part, must continue to abide by what you have learned and been led to rely upon, because you know from whom you learned it

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become real sharers in Christ, if we keep firm to the end the faith we had at first,

Hebrews 8:9

Unlike the one that I made with their forefathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide by their covenant with me, so I did not care for them,' says the Lord.

Hebrews 10:38-39

Meantime, my righteous servant will live by faith. But if a man draws back, my soul has no delight in him."

James 1:25

But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.

1 John 2:19

They have gone out from our own number, but they did not really belong to us; for if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to show that none of those who went out really belonged to us.

1 John 2:24

Let what you have heard from the beginning continue to live in your hearts; if you do, you will always remain in union with the Son and the Father.

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