¹⁸ I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf.”^(A)

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”^(A)

⁵¹ Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.”^(A)

³⁸ I declare what I have seen in the Father’s presence; as for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father.”^[a](A)

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last^{(A) 18} and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.^(B)

Testimony concerning the Son of God

⁶ This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.^{(A) 7} There are three that testify:^{[a](B) 8} the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three agree. ⁹ If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.^{(C) 10} Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God^[b] have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.^{(D) 11} And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.^(E)

⁴ while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.^(A)

⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.^(A)

¹⁴ I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me,

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^(A)