Continuous Piety is Piety Indeed
John 8:31-59
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed;…


It is the evening that crowns the day, and the last act that commends the whole scene. Temporary flashings are but like conducts running with wine at the coronation, that will not hold, or like a land flood, that seems to be a great sea, but comes to nothing.

(J. Trapp.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

WEB: Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.




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