John 6:38

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
  • John 3:13 : 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven– the Son of Man.
  • John 3:31 : 31 The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.
  • Isa 53:10 : 10 Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him.
  • John 6:33 : 33 For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
  • Eph 4:9 : 9 Now what is the meaning of“he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!
  • Heb 5:8 : 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.
  • Heb 10:7-9 : 7 “Then I said,‘Here I am: I have come– it is written of me in the scroll of the book– to do your will, O God.’” 8 When he says above,“Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them”(which are offered according to the law), 9 then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.
  • Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Then I say,“Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me. 8 I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
  • Rom 15:3 : 3 For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written,“The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
  • Matt 26:39-42 : 39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.” 40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 He went away a second time and prayed,“My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 6:39-42
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    39Now this is the will of the one who sent me– that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

    40For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

    41Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said,“I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

    42and they said,“Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”

  • John 5:30
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    30I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

  • John 6:37
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    37Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

  • John 12:49
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    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

  • John 4:34
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    34Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

  • John 8:42
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    42Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

  • John 7:16-17
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    16So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

    17If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

  • John 16:27-28
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    27For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

    28I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

  • John 6:50-51
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    50This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

    51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

  • John 6:44-45
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    44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    45It is written in the prophets,‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

  • John 8:23
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    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

  • John 8:28-29
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    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

    29And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”

  • John 6:32-33
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    32Then Jesus told them,“I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

    33For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

  • John 12:30
    72%

    30Jesus said,“This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

    29but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

  • John 6:65
    72%

    65So Jesus added,“Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”

  • John 12:47
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    47If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • John 5:40-41
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    40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

    41“I do not accept praise from people,

  • John 3:13
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    13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven– the Son of Man.

  • John 6:57-58
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    57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

    58This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

  • John 5:43
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    43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

  • John 14:31
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    31but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.

  • John 5:36
    71%

    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

  • John 12:27-28
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    27“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say?‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.

    28Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,“I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

  • John 8:50
    71%

    50I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

  • John 17:8
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    8because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

  • John 10:17-18
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    17This is why the Father loves me– because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again.

    18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”

  • John 5:19
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    19So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

  • Luke 6:47
    70%

    47“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like:

  • John 6:48
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    48I am the bread of life.

  • John 14:24
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    24The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

  • John 17:4
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    4I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

  • Luke 22:42
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    42“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done.”[

  • John 1:31
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    31I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

  • John 8:26
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    26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

  • John 3:31
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    31The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.