John 6:57
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Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
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As the living Father hath sent me--to communicate His own life. and I live by the Father--literally, "because of the Father"; My life and His being one, but Mine that of a Son, whose it is to be "of the Father." (See Joh 1:18; Joh 5:26). he that eateth me, . . . shall live by me--literally, "because of Me." So that though one spiritual life with Him, "the Head of every man is Christ, as the head of Christ is God" (Co1 11:3; Co1 3:23).
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. The miracle of the loaves (Joh 6:1-14). II. Christ's walking upon the water (Joh 6:15-21). III. The people's flocking after him to Capernaum (Joh 6:22-25). IV. His conference with them, occasioned by the miracle of the loaves, in which he reproves them for seeking carnal food, and directs them to spiritual food (Joh 6:26, Joh 6:27), showing them how they must labour for spiritual food (Joh 6:28, Joh 6:29), and what that spiritual food is (v. 30-59). V. Their discontent at what he said, and the reproof he gave them for it (Joh 6:60-65). VI. The apostasy of many from him, and his discourse with his disciples that adhered to him upon that occasion (Joh 6:66-71).
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For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.