Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
A Conservative Version
Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.
American Standard Version
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For I have come down from heaven to do what God, who sent me, wants me to do, not what I want to do.
Anderson New Testament
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Bible in Basic English
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
Common New Testament
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Darby Translation
For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him that has sent me.
Godbey New Testament
Because I have come down from heaven, not that I may do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.
Goodspeed New Testament
for I have come down from heaven not to do what I please but what pleases him who has sent me.
John Wesley New Testament
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Julia Smith Translation
For I have come down from heaven, not that I might do my will, but the will of him having sent me.
King James 2000
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
because I have come down from heaven not that I should do my will, but the will of the one who sent me.
Modern King James verseion
For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I came down from heaven: not to do mine own will, but his will which hath sent me.
Moffatt New Testament
for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me,
Montgomery New Testament
"For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
New Heart English Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Noyes New Testament
for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Sawyer New Testament
for I came down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him that sent me.
The Emphasized Bible
Because I have come down from heaven, - Not that I should be doing my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For I came down from heaven, not with a view to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
Webster
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Weymouth New Testament
For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.
Williams New Testament
because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me.
World English Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Worrell New Testament
because I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me.
Worsley New Testament
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.
Youngs Literal Translation
because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
Themes
Christ's » Filial » Origin, heavenly
Giving and gifts » Those that God the father gave to jesus Christ
Heavenly » Multitude » Origin, Christ's
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Obedience
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ doing the will of God the father
Jesus Christ » Where jesus Christ descended from
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches in the synagogue in capernaum
Last days » Who will be raised up at the last day
Self-denial » Christ set an example of
Symbols and similitudes » Manna
Will » Of God, the supreme rule of duty
Interlinear
Katabaino
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 6:38
Images John 6:38
Prayers for John 6:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Discourse About The Bread Of Life
37 Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. 39 Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.
Names
Cross References
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
John 5:30
I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven -- the Son of Man.
Isaiah 53:10
Though the Lord desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the Lord's purpose will be accomplished through him.
Psalm 40:7-8
Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.
Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Matthew 26:39-42
Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."
John 3:31
The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.
John 6:33
For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
Romans 15:3
For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."
Ephesians 4:9
Now what is the meaning of "he ascended," except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?
Philippians 2:7-8
but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.
Hebrews 5:8
Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.
Hebrews 10:7-9
"Then I said, 'Here I am: I have come -- it is written of me in the scroll of the book -- to do your will, O God.'"