John 12:50
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
Cross-references
John 6:68 calls Jesus' words 'words of eternal life,' directly matching that His command leads to eternal life.
John 6:40 defines the Father's will as giving eternal life through belief in the Son — Jesus here says His commandment is that same eternal life.
John 7:16 states Jesus' teaching is from the Father — here He further clarifies that the Father's commandment is eternal life.
John 8:28 echoes that Jesus speaks only what the Father taught him — here He adds that this message is eternal life.
In John 8:38, Jesus also claims to speak what He has seen from the Father, reinforcing His divine authority.
John 17:3 defines eternal life as knowing God and Christ, complementing the statement that the Father's command leads to eternal life.
John 6:63 identifies Jesus' words as Spirit and life, supporting the claim that the Father's command leads to eternal life.
John 20:31 says believing in Jesus brings life, aligning with the idea that the Father's command leads to eternal life.
1 John 5:20 reveals Jesus Himself is eternal life — the commandment Jesus speaks from the Father is not just a message but the person of Christ.
Deuteronomy 18:18 prophesies a prophet who speaks God's words — Jesus here fulfills that as He speaks only what the Father commands.
Proverbs 4:4 commands keeping words to live — Jesus echoes this as the Father's commandment itself is eternal life.
1 John 5:11-12 declares eternal life is in God's Son, reinforcing that the Father's command points to the Son and leads to life.
1 John 3:24 links keeping commands to abiding in God, paralleling obedience to the Father's command resulting in eternal life.