John 8:31

KJV

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

— John 8:31, King James Version
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Jesus defines discipleship by continuing in his word: 'if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.' The word 'continue' or 'abide' (menein) is one of John's most characteristic verbs, appearing twenty-three times in the Fourth Gospel to describe the relationship between believer and Christ (cf. John 15:4-7). The conditional structure — 'if… then' — distinguishes initial hearing or intellectual assent from genuine discipleship, which requires persistence. The promise that follows (8:32 — 'you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free') makes continued abiding the pathway to the knowledge that liberates. Colossians 1:23 ('if indeed you continue in the faith') applies the same 'continuing' criterion to Paul's Gentile converts.

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ASV

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

YLT

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

BBE

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

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