John 6:63 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:63

The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

KJV

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

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Commentary

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Ambrose of Milan

On the Holy Spirit 1.15.172 (397)

Learn now that as the Father is the Fount of life, so, too, many have stated that the Son is signified as the Fount of life. This is why he says that with you, almighty God, your Son is the Fount of life. That is the Fount of the Holy Spirit, for the Spirit is life, as the Lord says: "The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life," for where the Spirit is, there also is life. And where life is, there is also the Holy Spirit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

It is the Spirit - The spiritual meaning of these words, by which God giveth life. The flesh - The bare, carnal, literal meaning, profiteth nothing. The words which I have spoken, they are spirit - Are to be taken in a spiritual sense and, when they are so understood, they are life - That is, a means of spiritual life to the hearers.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

It is the Spirit that quickeneth - These words have been understood in different ways. The word “Spirit,” here, evidently does not refer to the Holy Spirit, for he adds, “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit.” He refers here, probably, to the doctrine which he had been teaching in opposition to their notions and desires. “My doctrine is spiritual; it is fitted to quicken and nourish the soul. It is from heaven. Your doctrine or your views are earthly, and may be called flesh, or fleshly, as pertaining only to the support of the body.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸ	to	The	G3588 →
πνεῦμά	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
τὸ	to	the [one]	G3588 →
ζῳοποιοῦν,	zōopoioun	giving life,	G2227 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
σὰρξ	sarx	flesh	G4561 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ὠφελεῖ	ōphelei	profits	G5623 →
οὐδέν·	ouden	no [thing];	G3762 →
τὰ	ta	The	G3588 →
ῥήματα	rhēmata	declarations	G4487 →
ἃ	ha	that	G3739 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
λελάληκα	lelalēka	have spoken	G2980 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
πνεῦμά	pneuma	spirit	G4151 →
ἐστιν	estin	are	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ζωή	zōē	life	G2222 →
ἐστιν.	estin	they are.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:29
  “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
- Isaiah 55:11
  so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Ephesians 6:17
  And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- Psalms 119:130
  The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
- 1 Peter 1:23
  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Through
Galatians 5:25
Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
leads to
- Galatians 5:16
  So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Through
Psalms 119:130
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
leads to
- Psalms 119:105
  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
- Proverbs 6:23
  For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,