John 6:57 “Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so…”

John 6:57

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

As that liuing Father hath sent me, so liue I by the Father, and he that eateth me, euen he shall liue by me.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

'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;

Bible in Basic English

As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

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Cross references

“the living”

Psalm 18:46 Jeremiah 10:10 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Hebrews 9:14

Psalm 18:46 · BSB

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—

Jeremiah 10:10 · BSB

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.

1 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB

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

Hebrews 9:14 · BSB

how 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!

“I live”

John 5:26 John 17:21

John 5:26 · BSB

For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

John 17:21 · BSB

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.

“even”

Galatians 2:20 John 14:6 John 14:19 1 Corinthians 15:22 2 Corinthians 13:4 1 John 4:9

Galatians 2:20 · BSB

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.

John 14:6 · BSB

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 14:19 · BSB

In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.

1 Corinthians 15:22 · BSB

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

2 Corinthians 13:4 · BSB

For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

1 John 4:9 · BSB

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.

Also

John 3:17 Matthew 16:16

John 3:17 · BSB

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Matthew 16:16 · BSB

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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

In context

56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

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