John 5:40 “yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.”

John 5:40

yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

World English Bible

Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

American Standard Version

and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

Geneva Bible 1599

But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.

Darby Translation

and ye will not come to me that ye might have life.

Young's Literal Translation

and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

Bible in Basic English

And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

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Cross references

“ye will not”

John 3:19 John 1:11 Psalm 81:11 Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 50:2 Matthew 23:37

John 3:19 · BSB

And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

John 1:11 · BSB

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Psalm 81:11 · BSB

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Isaiah 49:7 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is…

Isaiah 50:2 · BSB

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert;…

Matthew 23:37 · BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

“that”

John 6:37 John 6:40 Romans 6:23 1 John 5:11–13 John 6:27 John 6:68

John 6:37 · BSB

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

John 6:40 · BSB

For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Romans 6:23 · BSB

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 John 5:11–13 · BSB

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

John 6:27 · BSB

Do not work for food that perishes, 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.”

John 6:68 · BSB

Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

41I do not accept glory from men,

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