“For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 5 contains 47 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.