John 11:26

26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

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John 11:26 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
English Standard Version (ESV)
26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
New Living Translation (NLT)
26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”
The Message Bible (MSG)
26 And everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at all. Do you believe this?"
American Standard Version (ASV)
26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
26 Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe that?"
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
26 Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die-ever. Do you believe this?"
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
26 And those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

John 11:26 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:26

And whosoever liveth and believeth in me
. Whoever will be found alive at Christ's second coming, and is a believer in him,

shall never die,
but shall be changed, and shall be for ever with Christ; and such as shall be raised to life by him, shall never die any more, not even a bodily death, and much less an eternal one, or the second death: and though believers die a corporeal death as others do, yet their souls live, and live in happiness, whilst their bodies are under the power of death; nor shall they always continue so, but being raised, shall become immortal, and die no more. So living believers in Christ shall never die more a spiritual death; they are passed from death to life, and shall never return to death more; their spiritual life cannot be lost; grace in them is an immortal seed, a well of living water springing up into everlasting life: grace may be very low in its exercise, and may seem to be ready to die; they may be in lifeless frames, and without the comforts of a spiritual life, and be under the hidings of God's face, which is as death unto them, and may reckon themselves as free among the dead; yet the principle of life will never be extinct in them; nor shall they die the second death, which lies in an eternal separation from God, and in an everlasting sense of his wrath; that shall have no power on them, nor shall they be in the least hurt by it; for they are ordained to eternal life, and have the promise of it; they are united to Christ, and their life is secured in him; and he has redeemed them from death; and they have the Spirit of life dwelling in them, as the pledge and earnest of eternal glory.

Believest thou this?
the whole of this concerning the power of Christ, and privilege of believers; every tittle of it is to be believed. And as with respect to a corporeal resurrection, so with regard to a spiritual one; that men by nature are dead in sins; that Christ is the author of the resurrection from such a state, to a spiritual life; that this life is only by Christ, and can never be lost: this is a doctrine to be believed; it is the doctrine of the Scriptures; it is according to godliness; it makes for the comfort of the people of God, and glorifies the divine perfections.

John 11:26 In-Context

24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”

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