John 6:38

because I have come down out of Heaven, not that I may do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Literal Standard Version

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 to Me will come to Me; and him who is coming to Me, I will never cast outside,

39And this is the will of the Father who sent Me, that all that He has given to Me, I may lose none of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

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Cross References

Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Behold, I have come, || In the roll of the scroll it is written of me,

Matthew 20:28even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.”

John 3:13And no one has gone up to Heaven, except 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 may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work;

John 6:33for the bread of God is Him coming down out of Heaven, and giving life to the world.”

Ephesians 4:9And that, He went up, what is it except that He also went down first 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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