Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 5:25 in context
John 5:22–28
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For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
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that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.
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“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
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Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.
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For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
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He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
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Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
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