John 6:29
“The work that God wants you to do,” answered Jesus, “is to believe in him whom God sent as his messenger.”
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In Context
28“How,” they asked, “are we to do the work that God wants us to do?”
Cross References
Psalms 2:12lest, angry, he hurl you to ruin; for soon will his fury blaze. Happy all who take refuge in him.
Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.
John 3:36The person who believes in the Son has eternal life, while a person who rejects the Son will not even see that life, but remains under God’s displeasure.
Acts 16:31“Believe in Jesus, our Lord,” they replied, “and you will be saved, you and your household too.”
Romans 4:4Now wages are regarded as due to the person who works, not as a favor, but as a debt;
Romans 10:3for, in their ignorance of the divine righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the divine righteousness.
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 →