John 6:63 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶³ It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶³ It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶³ It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶³ It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

Common English Bible

⁶³ The Spirit is the one who gives life and the flesh doesn’t help at all. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶³ Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before?

John 6:63 Cross References

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Galatians 5:25

If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

Psalm 119:93

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Psalm 119:50

This is my comfort in my distress, that your promise gives me life.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Deuteronomy 32:47

This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”

1 Corinthians 15:45

Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Timothy 4:8

for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them.

Galatians 6:15

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!

Romans 2:25

Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

Proverbs 4:13

Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

John 5:21

Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

Acts 5:20

“Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.”