John 6:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁷ Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Stop toiling and doing and producing for the food that perishes and decomposes [in the using], but strive and work and produce rather for the [lasting] food which endures [continually] unto life eternal; the Son of Man will give (furnish) you that, for God the Father has authorized and certified Him and put His seal of endorsement upon Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Don’t work for the food that doesn’t last but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Human One will give you. God the Father has confirmed him as his agent to give life.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.

John 6:27 Cross References

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree: The LORD said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

Psalm 40:7

Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:

Proverbs 9:5

Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 55:2

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Jeremiah 15:16

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Matthew 17:5

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Matthew 25:46

And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

Matthew 3:17

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Mark 1:11

And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

Mark 9:7

And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Luke 9:35

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: hear ye him.

John 10:28

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

John 11:42

And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude which standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 15:24

If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

John 17:2

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that whatsoever thou hast given him, to them he should give eternal life.

John 3:15

that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

John 3:33

He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.

John 6:40

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.

John 6:47

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

John 6:53

Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.

John 6:54

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:58

This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

John 6:62

What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

John 8:18

I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

Acts 10:38

even Jesus of Nazareth, how that God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Acts 2:22

Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

Romans 4:11

and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

Romans 6:23

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

1 Corinthians 6:13

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

1 Corinthians 9:2

If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:18

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

Deuteronomy 30:13

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?

Philippians 2:13

for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Colossians 1:29

whereunto I labour also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Colossians 2:22

(all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?

Colossians 3:2

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

2 Timothy 2:19

Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.

Hebrews 12:16

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

James 1:11

For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

1 Peter 1:24

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

2 Peter 1:17

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: