John 6:38

because it is not to do my own will that I have come down out of Heaven, but the will of the One who sent me.

Family 35 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 the one who comes to me I will not throw out;

39Now this is the will of the Father who sent me, that I should lose nothing out of all that He has given me, but should raise it up at the last day.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28just like the Son of the Man—He did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

John 3:13No one has gone up into Heaven except the One who came down out of Heaven —the Son of the Man, who is in Heaven.

John 4:34Jesus says to them: “ My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to complete His work.

John 6:33For the bread of God is the One coming down out of Heaven and giving Life to the world.”

Ephesians 4:9(What does ‘He ascended’ imply if not that He also first descended into the interior regions 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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