¹⁸ I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”

⁵⁸ Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am!^[a]”

⁵¹ I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”

³⁸ I am telling you what I saw when I was with my Father. But you are following the advice of your father.”

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last. ¹⁸ I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.^[a]

⁶ And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross^[a]—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony. ⁷ So we have these three witnesses^[b]— ⁸ the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and all three agree. ⁹ Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son. ¹⁰ All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son.

¹¹ And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.

⁴ And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.