| And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. | And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
| Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you now believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” | Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” |
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| For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. | For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. |
| I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. | I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. |
| And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” | He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” |
| Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. | Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. |
| For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. | For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
| Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, for the glory of God. | Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. |
| Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? | Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. |
| Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. | For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. |
| I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. | I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. |
| He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief cornerstone. | Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ |
| If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. | If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. |
| You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and you are correct, for so I am. | You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. |
| While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!” | While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” |
| You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. | I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. |
| If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. | If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. |
| But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. | And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. |
| And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. | We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. |
| Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then I am going to Him who sent Me.” | Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.” |
| Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal. | Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval. |
| Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? | Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? |
| For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. | But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. | So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. |
