Reference

John 8:51

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
49

Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

50

And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

51

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

52

Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

53

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Conditional Immortality (Hell context)
Semantic Discovery
70% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

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Inherent Immortality

The verse speaks of "never seeing death," which could be interpreted as spiritual life or eternal life in a resurrected body, rather than an inherent immortality of the soul separate from God's intervention.

Conditional Immortality (Hell context)

The verse speaks of "never seeing death" for those who keep Jesus' saying, which could be interpreted as spiritual life or a qualitative experience of life, rather than a statement about the literal cessation of existence for the unsaved.