It was by Him that life began to exist, and that life was the light of mankind.

so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life.

"For God loved the world so much that He gave His Only Son, so that anyone who trusts in Him may never perish but have eternal life.

Whoever trusts in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever refuses to trust in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God continues to remain on him.

but whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never, no never, be thirsty again, for the water that I will give him will become a spring of water that keeps on bubbling up within him for eternal life."

Now the reaper is already getting pay, for he is gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son is going to live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home.

While he was still coming down, his slaves met him and told him, "Your boy is going to live."

Then the father knew that that was the very hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son is going to live." So he and his whole household believed in Jesus.

For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them live on, so the Son too makes alive any whom He chooses to.

"I most solemnly say to you, whoever listens to me and believes Him who has sent me possesses eternal life, and will never come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life.

I most solemnly say to you, a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself.

and those who have done good will come out for a resurrection to life, but those who have done evil for a resurrection to condemnation.

"You keep on searching the Scriptures, for you yourselves suppose that you will get possession of eternal life through them; and yet they are witnesses that testify to me,

but you refuse to come to me to get possession of life.

but I am sure that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."

for the bread that God gives is what comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

Now the will of Him who sent me is this, that I should lose none of all that He has given me, but should raise them to life on the last day.

For it is my Father's will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the last day."

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; then I myself will raise him to life on the last day.

I most solemnly say to you, whoever believes in me possesses eternal life.

I am the bread that gives life.

I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my own flesh."

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you.

Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood already possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day.

Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood continues to live in union with me and I in union with him.

Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever keeps on eating me will live because of me.

This is the bread that comes down out of heaven; not as your forefathers ate the manna, and yet died. Whoever continues to eat this bread will live forever."

The Spirit is what gives life; the flesh does not help at all. The truths that I have told you are spirit and life.

Simon Peter answered Him, "To whom can we go, Lord? You have the message that gives eternal life,

Then Jesus again addressed them and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever continues to follow me need never walk in darkness, but he will enjoy the light that means life."

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

Now a slave does not live permanently in a household, but a son does.

Then Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. No, indeed, I have not come on my own authority, but He has sent me.

A thief does not come for any purpose but to steal and kill and destroy; I have come for people to have life and have it till it overflows.

I am the good shepherd myself. The good shepherd gives his own life for his sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep.

This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my own life to take it back again.

and I give to them eternal life, and they shall never get lost, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, listen! the one you love so well is sick."

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life myself. Whoever continues to believe in me will live right on even though he dies,

and no person who continues to live and believe in me will ever die at all. Do you believe this?"

Whoever loves his lower life will lose the higher, but whoever hates his lower life in this world preserves the higher for eternal life.

And I know that His orders mean eternal life. So whatever I speak I am speaking as the Father has told me."

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

By this everybody will know that you are my disciples, if you keep on showing love for one another."

Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow you right now? I will lay down my life for you."

Jesus answered, "You will lay down your life for me! I most solemnly say to you, before a cock crows, you will three times disown me!"

Jesus answered him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

"If you really love me, you will keep my commands.

In just a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will be seeing me. Because I am to live on, you too will live on.

Whoever continues to hold and keep my commands is the one who really loves me, and whoever really loves me will be loved by my Father; yes, I will love him myself and will make myself real to him."

Jesus answered him, "If anyone really loves me, he will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him, and both of us will come in face-to-face fellowship with him; yes, we will make our special dwelling place with him.

Whoever does not really love me does not observe my teaching; and yet the teaching which you are listening to is not mine but comes from the Father who has sent me.

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what the Father has ordered me to do. Get up and let us go away."

I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. You must remain in my love.

If you continue to keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in His love.

No one can show greater love than this, the giving of his life for his friends.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what is its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that the world hates you.

for the Father tenderly loves you Himself, because you now tenderly love me and now believe that I have come from the Father.

just as you have given Him authority over all mankind to give eternal life to all whom you have given Him.

Now eternal life means knowing you as the only true God and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

and I made known to them your very self, and I will make you known still further, so that the love which you have shown to me may be felt in them, and I in union with them."

But these have been recorded, in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life, as bearers of His name.

So that disciple whom Jesus used to love tenderly said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he belted on his fisherman's coat, for he had taken it off, and plunged into the sea.

After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than you are to these things?" Peter answered Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs."

Jesus again said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you really devoted to me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep."

For the third time Jesus asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you really tenderly love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus the third time asked him, "Do you really tenderly love me?" So he answered Him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I do tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep.