²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”^(A)

²³ And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.^(A)

³¹ They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”^(A)

⁹ and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,^(A)

³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath.^(A)

¹⁶ The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

Faith Conquers the World

5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ^[a] has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.^(A)

⁴ Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.^{(A) 5} But to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.

³⁹ “You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that testify on my behalf.^(A)