Saturday, February 03, 2007

Our Living Hope

39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of (A) all that He has given Me I (B) lose nothing, but (C) raise it up on the last day.

40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who (D) beholds the Son and (E) believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will (F) raise him up on the last day."

41 (G) Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that (H) came down out of heaven."

42 They were saying, "(I) Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother (J) we know? How does He now say, '(K) I have come down out of heaven'?"

43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me (L) draws him; and I will (M) raise him up on the last day.

45 "It is written (N) in the prophets, '(O) And they shall all be (P) taught of God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 "(Q) Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

47 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes (R) has eternal life.

48 "(S) I am the bread of life.

49 "(T) Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 "This is the bread which (U) comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and (V) not die.

51 "(W) I am the living bread that (X) came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, (Y) he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give (Z) for the life of the world is (AA) My flesh."

52 (AB) Then the Jews (AC) began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?"

53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of (AD) the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will (AE) raise him up on the last day.

-John 6:39-54