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John 6:56

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

In Context

55for my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

57As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eats me, even he shall live by me.

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Cross References

John 14:23Jesus answered and said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

John 17:21that they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

Ephesians 3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through the faith;

1 John 4:12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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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