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John 6:55–56

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6:55For my flesh is true87 food, and my blood is true88 drink. 6:56The one who eats89 my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.90

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Footnotes

  1. 87 Or “real.”
  2. 88 Or “real.”
  3. 89 Or “who chews.” On the alternation between ἐσθίω (esthiō, “eat,” v. 53) and τρώγω (trōgō, “eats,” vv. 54, 56, 58; “consumes,” v. 57) see the note on “eats” in v. .
  4. 90 Resides in me, and I in him. Note how in John 6:54 eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood produces eternal life and the promise of resurrection at the last day. Here the same process of eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood leads to a relationship of mutual indwelling (resides in me, and I in him). This suggests strongly that for the author (and for Jesus) the concepts of ‘possessing eternal life’ and of ‘residing in Jesus’ are virtually interchangeable.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

NLTNew Living Translation

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me and I in him.

KJV 1900King James Version

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.