John 6:57

As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

In Context

56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me, and I remain in union with him.

58This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died. He who eats this bread shall live for ever."

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Cross References

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

John 11:25"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus; "he who believes in me, even if he has died, he shall live;

John 14:19Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me: because I live, you also shall live.

1 Corinthians 15:22For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again.

Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me; and the life which I now live in the body I live through faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up to death on my behalf.

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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