John 6:57

New International Reader's Version

The living Father sent me, and I live because of him. In the same way, those who feed on me will live because of me.

Cross References

Psalm 18:46

The Lord lives! Give praise to my Rock! Give honor to God my Savior!

Jeremiah 10:10

But you are the only true God. You are the only living God. You are the King who rules forever. When you are angry, the earth trembles with fear. The nations can’t stand up under your anger.

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah. You are the Son of the living God.”

John 14:19

Before long, the world will not see me anymore. But you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 17:21

Father, I pray they will be one, just as you are in me and I am in you. I want them also to be in us. Then the world will believe that you have sent me.

John 3:17

God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

John 5:26

The Father has life in himself. He has allowed the Son also to have life in himself.

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “God’s work is to believe in the one he has sent.”

John 6:38

I have not come down from heaven to do what I want to do. I have come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.

1 Corinthians 15:22

Because of Adam, all people die. So because of Christ, all will be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:45

It is written, “The first man Adam became a living person.” (Genesis 2:7) The last Adam became a spirit that gives life.

2 Corinthians 13:4

It is true that Christ was nailed to the cross because he was weak. But Christ lives by God’s power. In the same way, we share his weakness. But by God’s power we will live with Christ as we serve you.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ. I don’t live any longer, but Christ lives in me. Now I live my life in my body by faith in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself for me.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

The believers themselves report the kind of welcome you gave us. They tell about how you turned away from statues of gods. And you turned to serve the living and true God.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.

1 John 4:9

Here is how God showed his love among us. He sent his one and only Son into the world. He sent him so we could receive life through him.