John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, also he who eats me, that man will also live because of me.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

In Context

56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me, and I in him.

58This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live into the age.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:10But LORD is the TRUE God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

John 3:17For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live.

John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live.

1 Corinthians 15:22For as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all will be made alive.

Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Matthew Henry on John 6:29-60

Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32… Read the whole commentary →

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