John 6:38

For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

In Context

37All that the Father gives me, will come to me; and him that comes to me, I will by no means cast out.

39And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all that he gives me, I shall lose nothing, but shall raise it up at the last day.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.

John 4:34Jesus said to them: My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John 6:33For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life for the world.

Ephesians 4:9But this―He ascended―what does it mean, but that he also descended into the lower earthly regions?

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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