What Does the Bible Say About Cannot Come To The Father Except Through Me?

John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

John 6:44 ESV / 6 helpful votes

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

Acts 4:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 14:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

John 14:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ...

John 10:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

John 1:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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.

John 1:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Hebrews 10:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

By the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Ephesians 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

John 14:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

John 13:1-38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. ...

John 6:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

John 6:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

Matthew 11:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

1 John 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Romans 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Acts 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

John 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

John 15:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ...

John 14:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

John 14:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

John 14:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

John 11:25-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

John 10:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 6:65 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

John 6:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

John 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.

John 6:1-71 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” ...

John 5:25-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

John 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

John 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’ The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. And you shall go out through the breaches, each one straight ahead; and you shall be cast out into Harmon,” declares the Lord. “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God. ...

Isaiah 35:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

42 Bible Verses about Cannot Come To The Father Except Through Me

John 14:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:44 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 4:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:1-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 13:1-38 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 15:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 9:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 11:25-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 11:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:65 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:1-71 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 5:25-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 5:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 35:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Suggest a Verse

Enter a Verse Reference (e.g., John 3:16-17)