If a man keep my saying,— Our Lord, having before observed that there is one who seeketh his glory, goes on to declare, that God the Father will not only finally glorify him as the Son ofman, but will confer the highest honours and rewards on all his faithful persevering servants. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if any one KEEP my word, he shall never see death, or shall not fall under eternal damnation. Christ is elsewhere said to have abolished death, having destroyed the works of the devil, and raised up the believer with himself, and made him fit with him in heavenly places. Death, being thus overcome by the Captain of ourfaith, cannot long retain his faithful persevering disciples: as for the second death, it can have no power over them. See 2 Timothy 1:10. Hebrews 2:14.Ephesians 2:6.
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John 8:51
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.