Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. New Living Translation The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. English Standard Version The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. Berean Standard Bible The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. Berean Literal Bible The thief comes only that he might steal and might kill and might destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. King James Bible The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. New King James Version The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. New American Standard Bible The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly. NASB 1995 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. NASB 1977 “The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly. Legacy Standard Bible The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. Amplified Bible The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]. Christian Standard Bible A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance. Holman Christian Standard Bible A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance. American Standard Version The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. Contemporary English Version A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so everyone would have life, and have it fully. English Revised Version The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. GOD'S WORD® Translation A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need. Good News Translation The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life--life in all its fullness. International Standard Version The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. Majority Standard Bible The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. NET Bible The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. New Heart English Bible The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. Webster's Bible Translation The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. Weymouth New Testament The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance. World English Bible The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe thief does not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly. Berean Literal Bible The thief comes only that he might steal and might kill and might destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. Young's Literal Translation The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. Smith's Literal Translation The thief comes not, except that he steal, and sacrifice, and destroy: I came that they might have life, and have above measure. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly. Catholic Public Domain Version The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. New American Bible A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly. New Revised Standard Version The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleA thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “But a thief does not come except to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have whatever is abundant.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. Mace New Testament the thief comes only to steal, to kill, and destroy: but I am come that they might have life, and have it with all its advantages. Weymouth New Testament The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus the Good Shepherd…9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness. 11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.… Cross References John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. John 5:24 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. John 6:35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. 1 John 5:11-12 And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. / Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! Ephesians 2:4-5 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! Colossians 3:3-4 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. / When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 1 Timothy 6:19 treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. Hebrews 2:14-15 Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, / and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. Treasury of Scripture The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. thief. John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. John 12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Isaiah 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. I am. John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 6:33,51 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world… John 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. more abundantly. Romans 5:13-21 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law… Hebrews 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Jump to Previous Abundance Abundantly Death Destroy Destruction Full Greater Kill Life Measure Sheep Steal ThiefJump to Next Abundance Abundantly Death Destroy Destruction Full Greater Kill Life Measure Sheep Steal ThiefJohn 10 1. Jesus is the door, and the good shepherd.19. Diverse opinions of him. 23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus the Son of God; 31. escapes the Jews; 39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where many believe on him. The thief In the context of John 10, "the thief" refers to false teachers and leaders who exploit the flock for their gain. The Greek word used here is "kleptēs," which implies someone who takes what is not theirs through stealth and deceit. Historically, this can be seen as a reference to the religious leaders of Jesus' time who were more concerned with their power and status than the spiritual well-being of the people. This serves as a warning against those who would lead believers astray from the truth of the Gospel. comes only to steal and kill and destroy I have come that they may have life and have it in all its fullness I am come that they might have life.--More exactly, I came that they might have life. The pronoun should be emphasised. I came, as opposed to the thief. He does not further dwell upon the shepherd, but passes on to the thought of Himself, and thereby prepares the way for the thought of Himself as the Good Shepherd in the following verse. The object of His coming is the direct opposite of that of the thief, who comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. He came once for all, that in Him the sheep may have life. (Comp. John 6:50-51.) The Sinaitic MS. inserts the word "eternal" here--"that they might have life eternal." The word is probably not part of the original text, and the thought is rather of the present spiritual life which every believer now hath, and which will issue in eternal life. But comp. Note on John 10:28. And that they might have it more abundantly.--Better, and that they might have it abundantly. The word "more" is an insertion of the English version without any authority, and it weakens the sense. It is not that a greater is compared with a less abundance, but that the abundance of life which results through Christ's coming is contrasted with the spiritual wants and death which He came to remove. This life is through Him given to men abundantly, overflowingly. We are reminded of the Shepherd-King's Psalm singing of the "green pastures," and "waters of rest," and "prepared table," and "overflowing cup"; and carrying all this into the region of the spiritual life we come again to the opening words of this Gospel, "And of His fulness did we all receive, and grace for grace" . . . "grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:16-17). . . . Verse 10. - The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. Christ, elaborating, evolving, what is contained in the image of "thief," regards his rival as the thief of souls; he whose pretension to be a way to God is based on no inward and eternal reality, who comes for no other purpose than to make the sheep his own, not to give them pasture; to sacrifice them to his selfish ends, to use them for his own purposes, not to deal with them graciously for theirs; but to destroy, since in the pursuit of his selfish ends he wastes both life and pasture. A terrible impeachment, this of all who have not recognized the true Door into the sheepfold, who would shut up the way of life that they may exalt their own order, would diminish the chances of souls in order to secure their own position. This forms the transition to the second interpretation of the parabolic words; for he adds, I came that they might have life, and that they might have it abundantly; more even than they can possibly use. This is one of the grandest of our Lord's claims. He gives like God from overflowing stores (Titus 3:6). Those who receive life from him have within them perennial sources of life for others - fullness of being (see notes, John 7:38; John 4:14). One of the differentiae of "life" is "abundance" of supply beyond immediate possibility of use. Life has the future in its arms. Life propagates new life. Life has untold capacities about it - beauty, fragrance, strength, growth, variety, reproduction, resistance to death, continuity, eternity. In the Logos is life - and Christ came to give it, to communicate "life to the non-living, to the dead in trespasses, and to those in their graves" (John 5:26).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Theὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. thief κλέπτης (kleptēs) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2812: A thief. From klepto; a stealer. comes ἔρχεται (erchetai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. only εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. to ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. steal κλέψῃ (klepsē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2813: To steal. A primary verb; to filch. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. kill θύσῃ (thysē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2380: A primary verb; properly, to rush, i.e. to sacrifice; by extension to immolate. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. destroy. ἀπολέσῃ (apolesē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. have come ἦλθον (ēlthon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. they may have ἔχωσιν (echōsin) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. life, ζωὴν (zōēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. have [it] ἔχωσιν (echōsin) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. in all its fullness. περισσὸν (perisson) Adverb Strong's 4053: From peri; superabundant or superior; by implication, excessive; adverbially violently; neuter preeminence. 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