John 6:63

New English Translation

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

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

Psalm 119:130

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

Psalm 119:50

This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.

Psalm 119:93

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

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

John 5:21

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

John 6:68

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

Acts 5:20

“Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”

Romans 10:17

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

Romans 2:25

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

Romans 8:2

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

1 Corinthians 15:45

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

Galatians 5:25

If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

Galatians 6:15

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation!

Deuteronomy 32:47

For this is no idle word for you – it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

1 Timothy 4:8

For “physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

James 1:18

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

1 Peter 1:23

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

1 Peter 3:18

Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.

1 Peter 3:21

And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you – not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God – through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,