John 20
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And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name."
Read the rest of the book and count how many times the word believe (th, d) is used.
You'll have the answer if you use the King James Bible.
Heaven is by ...alone
Race Runner,
The reason for my encouragement to read the King.James Bible and underline the various forms of the word "believe" is the following.
* I had got done asking the Lord to confirm to me exactly what He intended man's response to be to the sacrifice and resurrection of His Son.
*I then noticed a theme in this gospel of John.
*A word kept popping up, so I decided to count it, putting the number for each time used in a chapter at the top of the page.
I wanted to make sure, so I did it again. To be certain, I did this 7 times. Why KJV? I noticed that the other versions I counted a fewer number that didn't have the same as the one that I normally read.
*This particular reading built and solidified my faith that this answer was truly from God and not a man.
*Since it was such a blessing, I wanted to pass it along to you if you want to do likewise just once.
*Perhaps I don't understand your question, but I trust this provides the answer.