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John 6:47
47I tell you this: The person who believes my message has life for ever.
John 6:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
- New International Version (NIV)Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.
Context of John 6:47
45The prophets wrote in the Bible, “God will teach all the people.” Everyone who hears the Father's message and learns from him will come to me. 46I came from God and I am the only one who has seen the Father. Nobody else has seen him. I tell you this: The person who believes my message has life for ever. 48I am the bread that causes you to live. 49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, but they died.
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Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· ὁ πιστεύων ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 6:47
- John 6:40These are the people who will have life for ever with God: everyone who sees the Son and believes in him. I will raise them all up on the last day. That is what my Father wants.’
- John 3:16God loved the people in the world so much that he gave his one and only Son to save them. As a result, everyone who believes in the Son will not die. Instead, they will live for ever with God.’
- John 5:24I tell you this: Everyone who hears my message should believe in the Father who sent me. If they believe in me, they will have life for ever with God. God will not say that they are guilty. They are no longer under the power of death. Instead, they have life with God.
- John 14:19Soon, the people who belong to this world will not see me any more. But you will see me. Because I continue to live, you also will live.
- Romans 5:9Because Christ died on the cross, God has accepted us as right with himself. So we certainly know that Christ will save us when God judges everyone. Because of Jesus, God will not be angry with us and punish us.
- Colossians 3:3Remember that your old nature has died. God is keeping your new life safe with Christ.
- 1 John 5:12So whoever belongs to the Son has this true life. But anyone who does not belong to the Son of God does not have this true life.
Commentaries on John 6:47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Hath everlasting life - He is entitled to this, on his believing me to be the Messiah, and trusting in me alone for salvation. Our blessed Lord recapitulates here what he had said in the preceding discourse. The person who is saved is, drawn by the Father; hears his instructions; accepts the salvation offered; is given to Christ Jesus, that he may be justified by faith; is nourished by the bread of life; perseveres in the faith; is not lost, but is raised…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 47-51Verses 47-51 The advantage of the manna was small, it only referred to this life; but the living Bread is so excellent, that the man who feedeth on it shall never die. This bread is Christ's human nature, which he took to present to the Father, as a sacrifice for the sins of the world; to purchase all things pertaining to life and godliness, for sinners of every nation, who repent and believe in him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43-51Stop grumbling: Instead of defending himself against their complaint, Jesus addresses their lack of spiritual receptivity (their openness to God; see 6:42). Those who love the Father and listen to him will believe in Jesus.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 47-5147-51. He that believeth, &c.--(See on Joh 3:36; Joh 5:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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