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John 1-7 (Translated) (view source)
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|Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
|Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
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|You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you find eternal life, and yet these same scriptures testify about me.
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|This first clause is not a command, as the KJV seems to indicate ("Search the scriptures"), but a statement of fact: Jesus is saying "this is what you do" (you search the scriptures), and "this is the reason you do it" (because you think eternal life is found in them).
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|And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
|And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
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|And still you refuse to come to me, where you really would find life.
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|These two verses make it crystal clear: eternal life is NOT found in reading or studying the Bible, but in a relationship with Jesus Christ. The Bible doesn't give you life, it points you to the one who gives you life: Jesus. It is not WHAT you know, it is WHO you know that gives you life.
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|I receive not honour from men.
|I receive not honour from men.
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|I do not receive glory from people.
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