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John 6:63
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- KJV
- It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- WEB
- It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
- ASV
- It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
- LSV
- It is the Spirit that is giving life; the flesh does not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;
- YLT
- the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;
- DBY
- It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.
- DRC6:64
- It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you, are spirit and life.
- GNV
- It is the spirite that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing: the woordes that I speake vnto you, are spirite and life.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λελάληκα (“have spoken”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λαλῶ (“I speak”).
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- SBLGNT: λελάληκα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λελάληκα; Robinson–Pierpont read λαλῶ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν τὸ ζῳοποιοῦν, ἡ σὰρξ οὐκ ὠφελεῖ οὐδέν· τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λελάληκα ὑμῖν πνεῦμά ἐστιν καὶ ζωή ἐστιν.
- RP2018
- Τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν τὸ ζῳοποιοῦν, ἡ σὰρξ οὐκ ὠφελεῖ οὐδέν· τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῶ ὑμῖν, πνεῦμά ἐστιν καὶ ζωή ἐστιν.
- TR-Boyd
- Τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστι τὸ ζῳοποιοῦν, ἡ σὰρξ οὐκ ὠφελεῖ οὐδέν· τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῶ ὑμῖν, πνεῦμά ἐστι καὶ ζωή ἐστιν.
- SCR1894
- το πνευμα εστιν το ζωοποιουν η σαρξ ουκ ωφελει ουδεν τα ρηματα α εγω λαλω υμιν πνευμα εστιν και ζωη εστιν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Galatians 5:25Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Psalms 119:93I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
- John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- Psalms 119:130The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
- 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- Psalms 119:50This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
- Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
- Romans 10:17Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6–8And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came…
- Romans 10:8–10But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that…
- Psalms 19:7–10The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are…
- Romans 8:2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- John 12:49–50I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 6:64 in some Bibles
- 6:63 in most Bibles