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Scripture: John 21:21-22Clear all

John 21:21-22

²¹Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, and what will this man do?"

²²Jesus said to him, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me."

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Yet Christ's response cuts through all such speculation with sovereign authority: 'If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

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