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11 translations · Greek

John 6:63

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

World English Bible
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John 6:63 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
KJV King James Version
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
ASV American Standard Version
It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
LSV Literal Standard Version
It is the Spirit that is giving life; the flesh does not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;
FBV Free Bible Version
The Spirit gives life; the physical body doesn't do anything. The words I've told you are spirit and life!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;
DBY Darby Translation
It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.
WBT Webster’s Bible
It is the spirit that reviveth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · John 6:64 in this edition
It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you, are spirit and life.

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
Τὸ To The G3588 ὁ the/this/who
πνεῦμά pneuma Spirit G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit
ἐστιν estin — G1510 εἰμί to be
τὸ to — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ζωοποιοῦν zōopoioun gives life G2227 ζωοποιέω to make alive
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
σὰρξ sarx flesh G4561 σάρξ flesh
οὐκ ouk — G3756 οὐ no
ὠφελεῖ ōphelei profits G5623 ὠφελέω to help
οὐδέν ouden nothing G3762 οὐδείς none
τὰ ta The G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ῥήματα rhēmata words G4487 ῥῆμα declaration
ἃ ha — G3739 ὅς which
ἐγὼ egō I G1473 ἐγώ I/we
λελάληκα lelalēka have spoken G2980 λαλέω to speak
ὑμῖν hymin to you G4771 σύ you
πνεῦμά pneuma spirit G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit
ἐστιν estin are G1510 εἰμί to be
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ζωή zōē life G2222 ζωή life
ἐστιν estin they are G1510 εἰμί to be
  • Galatians 5:25

    If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

  • Hebrews 4:12

    For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

  • Psalm 119:93

    I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

  • John 6:68

    Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  • Psalm 119:130

    The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

  • Psalm 119:50

    This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

  • 1 Peter 1:23

    having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

  • Deuteronomy 32:47

    For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

  • 1 Corinthians 15:45

    So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

  • Romans 10:17

    So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?

62 Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

64 But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.

65 He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

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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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