John 6:38

For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do *my* will, but the will of him that has sent me.

Darby Translation

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 shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.

39And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.

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Cross References

Psalms 40:7Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me

Matthew 20:28as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

John 3:13And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

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

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

Ephesians 4:9But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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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