John 6:27

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Laboure not for the meate which perisheth but yt endureth vnto euerlastinge life, which the sonne of ma shal geue you: For him hath God the father sealed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐργάζεσθε μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην, ἀλλὰ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, ἣν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὑμῖν δώσει: τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐσφράγισεν ὁ Θεός.

Transliteration

Ergazesthe not for the brōsin the apollymenēn, but for the brōsin the menousan into zōēn aiōnion, which the Hyios of the anthrōpou to you dōsei: this one gar the Patēr esphragisen the Theos.

Grammar Details

• *Ergazesthe*: present, imperative, middle, 2nd plural - work/labor
• *brōsin*: accusative, feminine, singular - food
• *apollymenēn*: present, participle, middle, accusative, feminine, singular - perishing
• *menousan*: present, participle, active, accusative, feminine, singular - remaining/enduring
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal/everlasting
• *Hyios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive, masculine, singular - man/mankind
• *dōsei*: future, indicative, active, 3rd singular - will give
• *gar*: postpositive particle - for/because
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *esphragisen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd singular - sealed/certified
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *Ergazesthe*: work/labor/strive
• *brōsin*: food/nourishment/meat
• *apollymenēn*: perishing/decaying/being destroyed
• *menousan*: remaining/enduring/lasting
• *zōēn*: life/existence
• *aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting
• *Hyios*: Son
• *anthrōpou*: man/mankind/humanity
• *Patēr*: Father
• *esphragisen*: sealed/certified/authorized
• *Theos*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherfore do ye laye out yor moneye, for the thinge yt fedeth not, and spende youre laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you not? But herke rather vnto me, ad ye shal eate of the best, & youre soule shal haue hir pleasure in pleteousnes.
• John 6:54 : 54 Who so eateth my flesh, and drynketh my bloude, hath euerlastinge life: and I shal rayse him vp at the last daye.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For death is the rewarde of synne, but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life.
• John 6:40 : 40 This is the wyl of him which hath sent me, that, who soeuer seyth the sonne and beleueth on him, haue euerlastinge life, and I shal rayse him vp at the last daye.
• John 6:51 : 51 I am that lyuynge bred, which came downe fro heauen: Who so eateth of this bred, shal lyue for euer. And the bred that I wil geue, is my flesh which I wil geue for ye life of the worlde.
• John 17:2 : 2 Like as thou hast geuen him power ouer all fleshe, that he shulde geue euerlastinge life to as many as thou hast geuen him.
• Acts 10:38 : 38 how God anoynted the same Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goost and wt power, which wente aboute, & dyd good, and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell, for God was with him.
• John 6:58 : 58 This is ye bred which is come fro heauen: Not as youre fathers ate Manna, and are deed. He that eateth of this bred, shal lyue for euer.
• John 10:28 : 28 And I geue the euerlastinge life, & they shal neuer perishe, and noma shal plucke the out of my hande.
• Prov 2:2-6 : 2 that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge. 3 For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege: 4 yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure: 5 The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God. 6 For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.
• John 5:36-37 : 36 Neuertheles I haue a greater wytnesse then the wytnesse of Ihon. For the workes which the father hath geue me to fynish, the same workes which I do, beare wytnesse of me, that the father hath sent me. 37 And ye father him self which hath sent me, beareth wytnesse of me. Ye haue nether herde his voyce at eny tyme, ner sene his shappe:
• John 6:28-29 : 28 The sayde they vnto him: What shal we do, that we maye worke ye workes of God? 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto the: This is the worke of God, that ye beleue on him, whom he hath sent.
• Ps 2:7 : 7 As for me I will preach the lawe, wherof the LORDE hath sayde vnto me: Thou art my sonne, this daye haue I begotten the.
• Ps 40:7 : 7 Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeined me: burntofferynges and sacrifice for synne thou hast not alowed. Then sayde I: Lo, I come.
• Eccl 5:11-16 : 11 Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? 12 A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe. 13 Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession. 14 For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge. 15 Like as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thither agayne, and carieth nothinge awaye with him of all his laboure. 16 This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?
• Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.
• Isa 11:1-3 : 1 After this there shal come a rod forth of ye Kynrede of Iesse, and a blossome out of his rote. 2 The sprete of the LORDE shal light vpon it: the sprete of wysdome, and vnderstondinge: the sprete of councel, and strength: ye sprete of knowlege, and of the feare of God: 3 and shal make him feruent in the feare of God. For he shal not geue sentece, after the thinge yt shal be brought before his eies, nether reproue a matter at the first hearinge:
• John 10:37-38 : 37 Yf I do not ye workes of my father, beleue me not: 38 but yf I do the, the (yf ye beleue not me) yet beleue ye workes, yt ye maye knowe & beleue, yt the father is in me, & I in ye father.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Iesus saide vnto her: I am the resurreccion & the life He yt beleueth on me, shal lyue, though he were deed allready: 26 & whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me, shal neuer dye. Beleuest thou this?
• John 11:42 : 42 Howbeit I knowe, that thou hearest me allwaye: but because of ye people that stonde by, I sayde it, that they maye beleue, that thou hast sent me.
• John 14:6 : 6 Iesus sayde vnto him: I am the waye, and the trueth, and the life. Noman cometh to the father but by me.
• John 15:24 : 24 Yf I had not done amoge the the workes which no other ma dyd, they shulde haue no synne. But now haue they sene it, and yet haue they hated both me & my father.
• John 6:68 : 68 Then answered Simon Peter: LORDE, Whither shal we go? Thou hast the wordes of euerlastinge life:
• John 8:18 : 18 I am one that beare wytnesse of my self: And the father that sent me, beareth wytnes of me also.
• Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The sprete of the LORDE God is wt me, for ye LORDE hath anoynted me, & sent me, to preach good tydiges vnto the poore, yt I might bynde vp ye wounded hertes, yt I might preach delyueraunce to ye captyue, & open the preson to the that are bounde: 2 yt I might declare ye acceptable yeare of ye LORDE, & the daye of ye avegeaunce of oure God: that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse, 3 that I might geue vnto them yt mourne in Sion, bewty in the steade of asshes, ioyful oyntmet for sighinge, pleasaunt raymet for an heuy mide: That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse, a platinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 When I had founde thy wordes, I at them vp gredely: they haue made my hert ioyfull & glad. For I call vpon thy name, o LORDE God off hoostes.
• Hab 2:13 : 13 Shal not the LORDE of hoostes bringe this to passe, that the laboures of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre, and that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues, shall be lost?
• Matt 3:17 : 17 And lo, there came a voyce fro heue sayng: Thys ys that my beloued sonne, in whom is my delyte.
• Matt 6:19 : 19 Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the earth, where rust and mothes corrupte, and where theues breake through and steale.
• Matt 6:31-33 : 31 Therfore take no thought, sayinge: what shall we eate, or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed? 32 After all soch thynges do the heithen seke. For youre heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges. 33 Seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of heauen and the righteousnes therof, so shal all these thynges be ministred vnto you.
• Matt 8:20 : 20 And Iesus sayde vnto him: the foxes haue holes, and the byrddes of the ayer hane nestes, but ye sonne of ma hath not wheron to rest his heede.
• Matt 17:5 : 5 Whyle he yet spake, beholde, a bright cloude ouershadowed them: and lo, there came a voyce out of the cloude, saienge: This is my deare sonne, in whom I delyte, heare him.
• Mark 1:11 : 11 And there came a voyce from heaue: Thou art my deare sonne, in whom I delyte.
• Mark 9:7 : 7 And there was a cloude, which ouershadowed the. And out of the cloude there came a voyce, and sayde: This is my deare sonne, heare him.
• Luke 3:22 : 22 and the holy goost came downe in a bodely shappe like a doue vpon him. And out of heauen there came a voyce, which sayde: Thou art my deare sonne, in who I delyte.
• Luke 4:18-21 : 18 The sprete of the LORDE is with me, because he hath anoynted me: to preach the Gospell vnto ye poore hath he sent me: to heale the broken harted: to preach delyuerauce to the captyue, and sight to the blynde: and frely to set at liberty them that are brused: 19 and to preach the acceptable yeare of the LORDE. 20 And whan he had closed the boke, he gaue it agayne to ye mynister, & sat him downe. And the eyes of all that were in the synagoge, were fastened on him. 21 And he begane to saye vnto them: This daye is this scripture fulfilled in youre eares.
• Luke 9:35 : 35 And out of the cloude there came a voyce, which sayde: This is my deare sonne, heare him.
• Luke 10:40-42 : 40 But Martha made hirself moch to do, for to serue him. And she stepte vnto him, and sayde: LORDE, carest thou not, that my sister letteth me serue alone? Byd her therfore, that she helpe me. 41 But Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Martha Martha, thou takest thought, and combrest thy self aboute many thinges: 42 there is but one thinge nedefull. Mary hath chosen a good parte, which shal not be taken awaye from her.
• John 1:33-34 : 33 & I knewe him not. But he that sent me to baptyse with water, ye same sayde vnto me: Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him, the same is he, that baptyseth with the holy goost. 34 And I sawe it, and bare recorde, that this is the sonne of God.
• John 3:33 : 33 But he that receaueth it, hath set to his seale, that God is true.
• John 4:13-14 : 13 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Who so euer drynketh of this water, shal thyrst agayne: 14 But whosoeuer shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him, shal neuer be more a thyrst: but the water that I shal geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge life.
• Rom 4:11 : 11 As for the toke of circucision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith, which he had yet in ye vncircusion, yt he shulde be a father of all the yt beleue, beinge in ye vncircucisio, yt it might be couted vnto the also for righteousnes:
• Acts 2:22 : 22 Ye men of Israel, heare these wordes: Iesus of Nazareth, ye man approued of God amonge you with miracles, and wonders and tokens, which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you, as ye yor selues knowe also,
• 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Meates are ordeyned for ye bely, & the bely for meates. But God shal destroye both it and them. The body belongeth not vnto whordome, but vnto the LORDE, and the LORDE vnto the body
• 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 Howbeit this I saye brethren: the tyme is shorte. Farthermore this is the meanynge, yt they which haue wyues, be as though they had none: 30 and they that wepe, be as though they wepte not: and they that reioyse, be as though they reioysed not: & they that bye, be as though they possessed not: 31 & they that vse this worlde, be as though they vsed it not. For the fasshion off this worlde passeth awaye.
• 1 Cor 9:2 : 2 Are not ye my worke in the LORDE? Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet am I youre Apostle: for the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the LORDE.
• 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Knowe ye not, that they which runne in a course, runne all, yet but one receaueth the rewarde? Runne ye so, that ye maye optayne. 25 Euery one that proueth mastrye, absteyneth from all thinges, and they do it, that they maye optayne a corruptible crowne, but we to optayne an vncorruptible crowne. 26 I therfore so runne, not as at an vncertayne thinge: So fighte I, not as one yt beateth ye ayre: 27 but I tame my body, and brynge it in to subieccion, lest whan I preach vnto other: I my selfe be a cast awaye.
• 2 Cor 4:18 : 18 vnto vs, which loke not on the thinges that are sene, but on them which are not sene. For ye thinges which are sene, are temporall: but the thinges that are not sene, are eternall.
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Christ Iesu nether is circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncircumcision, but faith which by loue is mightie in operacion.
• Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both the wyll and the deed, euen of his owne good wyll.
• Col 1:29 : 29 Wherin I also laboure, and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me.
• Col 2:22 : 22 All these thinges do hurte vnto men, because of the abuse of them, which abuse commeth onely of the commaundementes and doctrynes of men:
• Col 3:2 : 2 Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue, not on ye thinges that are vpon earth.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 without ceassynge, and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith, and youre laboure in loue, & youre pacience in hope, which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father:
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 But ye sure grounde of God stondeth fast, and hath this seale: The LORDE knoweth them that are his, and let euery ma that calleth vpon the name of Christ, departe from iniquyte.
• Heb 4:11 : 11 Let vs make haist therfore to enter in to that rest, lest eny man fall after the same ensample of vnbeleue.
• Heb 12:16 : 16 that there be no whoremonger, or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one meate sake solde his byrth righte.
• Jas 1:11 : 11 The Sonne ryseth wt heat and the grasse wydereth, & his floure falleth awaye, and the beautie of the fassion of it perissheth: euen so shal the ryche man perisshe with his abundaunce.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, & the floure falleth awaye
• 2 Pet 1:17 : 17 whan he receaued of God the father honoure & prayse, by a voyce that came vnto him from the excellent glory, after this maner: This is my deare sonne, in whom I haue delyte.
• 2 Pet 3:11-14 : 11 Yf all these thinges shal perishe, what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy couersacion and godlynes, 12 lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE? In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre, and the elementes shal melt with heate. 13 Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth (acordynge to his promes) wherin dwelleth righteousnes. 14 Wherfore dearly beloued, seynge that ye loke for soch thinges, be diligent, yt ye maye be founde before him in peace without spot and vndefyled:
• Isa 42:1 : 1 Beholde now therfore, this is my seruaunt whom I will kepe to my self: my electe, In whom my soule shalbe pacified. I will geue him my sprete, that he maye shewe forth iudgment & equyte amonge the Gentiles.