11 translations · Greek
John 6:40
This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6:40 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who is beholding the Son, and is believing in Him, may have continuous life, and I will raise him up in the last day.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- What my Father wants is for everyone who sees the Son and trusts in him to have eternal life, and for me to raise them up at the last day.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And this is the will of my Father that sent me: that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have life everlasting, and I will raise him up in the last day.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| τοῦτο | touto | it | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| γάρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θέλημα | thelēma | will | G2307 θέλημα will/desire |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατρός | Patros | Father’s | G3962 πατήρ father |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἵνα | hina | that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| πᾶς | pas | everyone | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ὁ | ho | who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θεωρῶν | theōrōn | looks to | G2334 θεωρέω to see/experience |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Υἱὸν | Huion | Son | G5207 υἱός son |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πιστεύων | pisteuōn | believes | G4100 πιστεύω to trust (in) |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 εἰς toward |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἔχῃ | echē | shall have | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| ζωὴν | zōēn | life | G2222 ζωή life |
| αἰώνιον | aiōnion | eternal | G166 αἰώνιος eternal |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἀναστήσω | anastēsō | will raise him up | G450 ἀνίστημι to arise |
| αὐτὸν | auton | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἐν | en | at | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τῇ | tē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐσχάτῃ | eschatē | last | G2078 ἔσχατος last/least |
| ἡμέρᾳ | hēmera | day | G2250 ἡμέρα day |
Related verses
- John 5:24
“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- John 6:54
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 11:25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
- John 3:15–18
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. …
- John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Luke 2:30
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 3:36
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 6:27
Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
39 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”
42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’”
Read all of John 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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