out apart from God’s saving purpose produce fruits that spoil. “What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” (Mk 8:36). Every earthly goal and ambition the sinful mind sets up in place of God is bread that spoils. It all comes to nothing and can only leave the soul that pursued it tormented in hell. But there is a food that does not spoil, which has eternal benefits. This bread exists for the purpose of (εἰς) bestowing eternal life on its eater. Ζωή is life in the