John 6:38
36 But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
37 Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
39 And 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.
40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- KJV
- For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- WEB
- For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
- ASV
- For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- DARBY
- For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do *my* will, but the will of him that has sent me.
- BLB
- For I have come down from heaven, not so that I may do My will, but the will of the One having sent Me.
- ÅB
- for jeg er kommet ned fra himmelen, ikke for å gjøre min vilje, men for å gjøre hans vilje som har sendt meg,
- OTB
- For jeg er kommet ned fra himmelen, ikke for å gjøre min egen vilje, men for å oppfylle viljen til ham som sendte meg.
- B1930
- for jeg er kommet ned fra himmelen, ikke for å gjøre min vilje, men for å gjøre hans vilje som har sendt mig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 5:30
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.
Read in contextJohn 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
Read in contextJohn 3:31
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.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:7–8
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Read in contextPsalms 40:7–8
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
Read in contextJohn 6:33
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
Read in contextIsaiah 53:10
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 hand.
Read in contextJohn 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
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