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I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
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The Commandment is the Gospel
Commentators clarify that the 'commandment' Jesus refers to is not the Mosaic Law, which could not grant eternal life. Instead, it is the Gospel message itself. The Father commanded Jesus to deliver this message, and this message is the very source of eternal life for all who believe.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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19th Century
Anglican
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting.—i.e., the commission of the Messianic work. It is better to…
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Baptist
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
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Judgment on unbelief is not arbitrary but inevitable. The message of Christ will become the condemnation in the last days of any who refuse it, sin…
16th Century
Protestant
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. He again applauds the fruit of his doctrine, that all may more willingly yield to it; and…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting
By "his commandment" is not meant the law; that indeed is ofte…
Our Lord publicly proclaimed that everyone who believed on him, as his true disciple, did not believe on him only, but on the Father who sent h…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Evangelist described the failure of those who did not believe at all. Here he explains the failure of those who believed in secret …
