I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’” When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”
Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com.