I said therefore unto you, That ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins — Jesus reiterates the condition for avoiding spiritual death: belief in his identity. The phrase 'that I am he' (ego eimi) is ambiguous—it could mean 'that I am he [the Messiah]' or more profoundly, 'I am [the divine name].' The ambiguity opens the I-am statement to its fullest theological depth. Without this faith, 'ye shall die in your sins'—the fate of those who do not know Jesus for who he truly is.

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