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JOHN 4:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 4:12John 4:14
“Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:”
Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.' — Jesus contrasts temporal satisfaction with permanent spiritual fulfillment. The metaphor of water welling up echoes Isaiah 55 and suggests the Holy Spirit as an internal source of life. The spring becomes part of the person's being, not an external supply requiring repeated return.

Church Fathers on John 4:13

To the woman’s question, Are you greater than our father Jacob? He does not reply, I am greater, lest He should seem to boast; but His answer implies it; Jesus answered and said to her, Whosoever drink of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; as if He said, If Jacob is to be honored because he gave you this water. what will you say, if I give you far better than this? He makes the comparison however not to…

Chrysostom · 4th century

Which is true indeed both of material water, and of that of which it is the type. For the water in the well is the pleasure of the world, that abode of darkness. Men draw it with the waterpot of their lusts; pleasure is not relished, except it be preceded by lust. And when a man has enjoyed this pleasure, i.e. drunk of the water, he thirsts again; but if he have received water from Me, he shall never thirst. For how shall they thirst, who are drunken with the abundance of the…

Augustine · 4th century

For the water which I give him is ever multiplying. The saints receive through grace the seed and principle of good; but they themselves make it grow by their own cultivation.

Theophylact · 11th century
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