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John 6:27

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

KJV

ἐργάζεσθε μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην, ἀλλὰ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, ἣν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου δίδωσιν ὑμῖν· τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐσφράγισεν, ὁ θεός.

Greek NT

Operamini non cibum, qui perit, sed qui permanet in vitam æternam, quem Filius hominis dabit vobis. Hunc enim Pater signavit Deus.

Vulgate

Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

ASV

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.

Douay-Rheims

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Symbols Seal

In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰώνιος
aionios
adjective · 70×
βρῶσις
brosis
noun · 11×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
σφραγίζω
sphragizo
verb · 15×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐργάζομαι
ergazomai
verb · 41×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§698The seal is a symbol close to that of anointing. "The Father has set his seal" on Christ and also seals us in him.50 Because this seal indicates the indelible effect of the anointing with the Holy Spirit in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders, the image of the seal (sphragis) has been used in some theological traditions to express the indelible "character" …
§728Jesus does not reveal the Holy Spirit fully, until he himself has been glorified through his Death and Resurrection. Nevertheless, little by little he alludes to him even in his teaching of the multitudes, as when he reveals that his own flesh will be food for the life of the world.110 He also alludes to the Spirit in speaking to Nicodemus,111 to the Samaritan woman,112 and to …
§1296Christ himself declared that he was marked with his Father's seal.107 Christians are also marked with a seal: "It is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has commissioned us; he has put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee."108 This seal of the Holy Spirit marks our total belonging to Christ, our enrollment in his service for ever, as wel…
…and 1 more from this source.
1. Deceit is a thing easily detected, and weak, though it be daubed outside with ten thousand colors. For as those who whitewash decayed walls, cannot by the plastering make them sound, so too those who lie are easily found out, as in fact was the case here with the Jews. For when Christ said to them, If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto Me; We have heard, says one of the…
I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger. Calvin expounds the feeding of the five thousand as a sign pointing to Christ as the true bread from heaven. The bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Whoever eats the flesh of the Son of Man and drinks his blood has eternal life. Calvin insists this is spiritual feeding by fai…
Then follows a period of nine years from the nineteenth year of his age, during which having lost a friend, he followed the Manichæans — and wrote books on the fair and fit, and published a work on the liberal arts, and the categories of Aristotle. Chapter 1. Concerning that Most Unhappy Time in Which He, Being Deceived, Deceived Others; And Concerning the Mockers of His Confes…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:13 — Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • 1Cor 7:29 — But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
  • 1Cor 9:2 — If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
  • 1Cor 9:2 — If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
  • 1Cor 9:24 — Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
  • 1John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
  • 1John 2:25 — And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • 1Pet 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
  • 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
  • 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
  • 2Cor 1:22 — Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • 2Cor 4:18 — While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  • 2Cor 5:9 — Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • 2Pet 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • 2Pet 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • 2Pet 3:11 — Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
  • 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  • Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
  • Acts 2:22 — Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
  • Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
  • Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
  • Acts 16:30 — And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
  • Col 1:29 — Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
  • Col 2:22 — Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
  • Col 2:22 — Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
  • Col 3:2 — Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
  • Eccl 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
  • Eccl 5:11 — When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
  • Eccl 5:16 — And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
  • Eccl 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
  • Eccl 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
  • Eph 1:13 — In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
  • Eph 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
  • Gal 5:6 — For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
  • Gal 6:8 — For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
  • Hab 2:13 — Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
  • Hag 2:23 — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.