John 6:38 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the…”

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

World English Bible

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

American Standard Version

For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me.

Darby Translation

For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him that has sent me.

Young's Literal Translation

because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

Bible in Basic English

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.

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Cross references

“I came”

John 3:31 John 6:33 John 3:13 Ephesians 4:9

John 3:31 · BSB

The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

John 6:33 · BSB

For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 3:13 · BSB

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

Ephesians 4:9 · BSB

What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

“not”

John 5:30 John 4:34 Isaiah 53:10 Matthew 26:39–42 Hebrews 10:7–9 Hebrews 5:8

John 5:30 · BSB

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 4:34 · BSB

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Isaiah 53:10 · BSB

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His h…

Matthew 26:39–42 · BSB

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Hebrews 10:7–9 · BSB

Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

Hebrews 5:8 · BSB

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

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