John 6:63

It is the Spirit that maketh alive, the body profiteth nothing: the words which I have spoken to you, they are spirit and they are life.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

In Context

62If you shall see then the Son of man ascend up to the place where he was from the first?

64But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jeshu knew from the first who they were who believed not, and who it was who would betray him.

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Cross References

John 6:68Shemun Kipha answered and said, My Lord, unto whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life;

Romans 2:25For circumcision profiteth, if thou accomplish the law; but if thou transgress the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcisedness.

Romans 8:2For the law of the Spirit of life, which is in Jeshu Meshiha, hath set thee free from the law of sin and of death.

Matthew Henry on John 6:61-71

Christ's Discourse with His Disciples; The Effect of Christ's Discourse; The Character of Judas. 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.… Read the whole commentary →

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