51 [a]I am that [b]living bread, which came down from heaven: if any man [c]eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

52 [d]Then the Jews strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have [e]no life in you.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:51 Christ being sent from the Father, is the selfsame unto us for the getting and keeping of everlasting life, that bread and flesh, yea meat and drink are to the use of this transitory life.
  2. John 6:51 Which giveth life to the world.
  3. John 6:51 That is to say, whosoever is partaker of Christ indeed, who is our food.
  4. John 6:52 Flesh cannot put a difference between fleshly eating which is done by the help of the teeth, and spiritual eating which consisteth in faith, and therefore is condemneth that which it understandeth not: yet notwithstanding the truth must be preached and taught.
  5. John 6:53 If Christ be present, life is present, but when Christ is absent, then is death present.

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