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John 6:56

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

Text-Critical English NT

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 true food, and my blood is true drink.

57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me will also live because of me.

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Cross References

John 14:23Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

John 17:21that they may all be one, just as yoʋ, Father, are in me, and I am in yoʋ, that they also may be one in us, so that the world may believe that yoʋ sent me.

Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith,

1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides 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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