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JOHN 6:40 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 6:39John 6:41
“And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”
'For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.' — the condition for eternal life is belief (pisteuo) in the Son, with resurrection as its completion. The universalism ('pan to thearoron') suggests all humanity can believe.

Church Fathers on John 6:40

And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He does not say this of His body, for He speaks of that at the end; The bread that I will give you is My flesh. Here He is speaking of His Divinity. The flesh is bread, by virtue of the Word; this bread is heavenly bread, on account of the Spirit which dwells in it.

Chrysostom · 4th century · Our Lord now proceeds to set forth mysteries; and first speaks of His Divinity

He does not say, I am the bread of nourishment, but of life, for, whereas all things brought death, Christ has quickened us by Himself. But the life here, is not our common life, but that which is not cut short by death: He that comes to Me shall never hunger; and, He that believes in Me shall never thirst.

Theophylact · 11th century

He that comes to Me, i.e. that believes in Me, shall never hunger, has the same meaning as shall never thirst; both signifying that eternal society, where there is no want.

Augustine · 4th century
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