John 6:40

38 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.

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.”

41 At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

42 They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
WEB
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.”
ASV
For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
DARBY
For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
BLB
For this is the will of My Father, that everyone beholding the Son and believing in Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day.”
ÅB
For dette er min Fars vilje at hver den som ser Sønnen og tror på ham, skal ha evig liv, og at jeg skal oppreise ham på den ytterste dag.
OTB
For det er min Fars ønske at alle som ser Sønnen og tror på ham skal ha evig liv, og jeg vil reise dem opp på den siste dag."
B1930
For dette er min Faders vilje at hver den som ser Sønnen og tror på ham, skal ha evig liv, og at jeg skal opreise ham på den ytterste dag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 5:24

    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

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  • Romans 6:23

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  • John 6:54

    Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

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  • John 11:25

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

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  • John 3:15–18

    that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

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  • John 4:14

    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

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  • John 1:14

    The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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  • John 14:19

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

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