So that all who believe in the Sonwould not perish but would have eter-
nal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son
so that everyone who believes in himwould not perish but would have
eternal life. (John 3 : 15 , 16 )
Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me
will never die.” (John 11 : 25 , 26 )
Truly, truly I say to you, those who believe in mehave eternal life. I am
the bread of life. (John 6 : 47 , 48 )
I am the bread of life. Those who come to mewill never hunger and
those who believe in mewill never thirst. (John 6 : 35 )
Jesus cried out, saying, “If any are thirsty, they must come to me and
drink. If any believe in me,as the Scripture says, rivers of living water
will flow out of their bellies.” (John 7 : 37 , 38 )
They said to Jesus, “What shall we do to perform the works of God?”
Jesus answered, “This is God’s work, to believe in the One whom the
Father sent.”(John 6 : 28 , 29 )
As long as you have the light, believe in the lightso that you may be
children of the light. (John 12 : 36 )
Those who believe in the Son of Godare not judged; but those who do
not believehave already been judged because they have not believedin the
name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3 : 18 )
These things have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the
Son of God and through believing may have life in his name. (John 20 : 31 )
Unless you have believed that I am[he], you will die in your sins.
(John 8 : 24 )
Jesus said, “When the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, has come, it will
convict the world of sin, of justice, and of judgment: of sin, because
they do not believe in me.” (John 16 : 8 , 9 )
The faith that the apostles had was a faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, as 338
many passages in their Epistles make clear. I will quote only the following:
I myself am no longer alive; instead Christ is living in me. I am indeed
alive in the flesh, but with a living faith that is a faith in the Son of God.
(Galatians 2 : 20 )§338 faith 405