Jesus the Bread of Life
John 6:57
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
- WEB
- As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live because of me.
- ASV
- As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
- LSV
- According as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating Me, even that one will live because of Me;
- YLT
- 'According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;
- DBY
- As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, he also who eats me shall live also on account of me.
- DRC6:58
- As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me.
- GNV
- As that liuing Father hath sent me, so liue I by the Father, and he that eateth me, euen he shall liue by me.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ζήσει (“will live”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ζήσεται (“will live”).
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- SBLGNT: ζήσει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ζήσει; Robinson–Pierpont read ζήσεται.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καθὼς ἀπέστειλέν με ὁ ζῶν πατὴρ κἀγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ὁ τρώγων με κἀκεῖνος ζήσει διʼ ἐμέ.
- RP2018
- Καθὼς ἀπέστειλέν με ὁ ζῶν πατήρ, κἀγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα· καὶ ὁ τρώγων με, κἀκεῖνος ζήσεται δι’ ἐμέ.
- TR-Boyd
- Καθὼς ἀπέστειλέ με ὁ ζῶν πατήρ, κἀγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα· καὶ ὁ τρώγων με, κἀκεῖνος ζήσεται δι᾿ ἐμέ.
- SCR1894
- καθως απεστειλεν με ο ζων πατηρ καγω ζω δια τον πατερα και ο τρωγων με κακεινος ζησεται δι εμε
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- John 17:21that 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.
- Galatians 2:20I 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.
- Colossians 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
- Jeremiah 10:10But 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.
- John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
- Psalms 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
- John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9For 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
- 1 John 4:9This 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.
- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
- Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 6:58 in some Bibles
- 6:57 in most Bibles