John 6:38

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
  • John 3:13 : 13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
  • John 3:31 : 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
  • Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.
  • John 6:33 : 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
  • Eph 4:9 : 9 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
  • Heb 5:8 : 8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
  • Heb 10:7-9 : 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'" 8 Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law), 9 then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
  • Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll. 8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."
  • Rom 15:3 : 3 For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
  • Matt 26:39-42 : 39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire." 40 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 42 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."

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  • John 6:39-42
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    39 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

    40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

    41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."

    42 They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"

  • John 5:30
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    30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

  • John 6:37
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    37 All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

  • John 12:49
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    49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

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

  • John 8:42
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    42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 7:16-17
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    16 Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

    17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

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

    28 I came out from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."

  • John 6:50-51
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    50 This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.

    51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

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

    45 It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.

  • John 8:23
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    23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

  • John 8:28-29
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    28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

    29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

  • John 6:32-33
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    32 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

    33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

  • John 12:30
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    30 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

    29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

  • John 6:65
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    65 He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."

  • John 12:47
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    47 If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • John 5:40-41
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    40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

    41 I don't receive glory from men.

  • John 3:13
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    13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

  • John 6:57-58
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    57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

    58 This is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."

  • John 5:43
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    43 I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

  • John 14:31
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    31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

  • John 5:36
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    36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

  • John 12:27-28
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    27 "Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this time?' But for this cause I came to this time.

    28 Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

  • John 8:50
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    50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 17:8
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    8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

  • John 10:17-18
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    17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

    18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

  • John 5:19
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    19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

  • Luke 6:47
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    47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

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

  • John 14:24
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    24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • John 17:4
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    4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

  • Luke 22:42
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    42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."

  • John 1:31
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    31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

  • John 8:26
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    26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

  • John 3:31
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    31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.