John Chapter 6 verse 56 Holy Bible

ASV John 6:56

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
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BBE John 6:56

He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
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DARBY John 6:56

He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.
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KJV John 6:56

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
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WBT John 6:56


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WEB John 6:56

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
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YLT John 6:56

he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 56. - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I (dwell) in him. This mutual indwelling is illustrated elsewhere (John 15:1-5) by the image of the vine and its branches. The vine abides in the branch in the virtue of its life-giving forces. Cut away from the parent stem, it can do nothing. Fruitlessness condemns and fire consumes it. The branch abides in the vine, as deriving all its worth, its true place, its possibility of growth and fruit, from the vine (cf. also John 17:23; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:16). The dwelling of the believer in Christ involves an utter self-surrender to him, a recognition of the supreme claims of the God-Man and his work, a complete trust in him as the Source of all life, a sound and abiding place of rest, a justification before God as one with Christ, as one identified with him in his well pleasing to the Father. The dwelling of Christ in the believer is the fulness and riches of the Divine life. Christ liveth in him (Galatians 2:20), thinks in his thoughts, moves through his will. This is sanctification. The believer is in Christ as the members are in the body. Christ is in the believer as God is in his temple. What is the condition of this mutual indwelling? Christ puts the condition of this Divine interpretation thus: "He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him." The verb is in the present tense, implying the continuous appropriation of the Divine sustenance.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(56) Dwelleth in me, and I in him.--Abideth gives the sense more fully. (Comp. John 14:2-23; John 15:4 et seq.; John 17:23; 1John 3:24; 1John 4:16.) It is one of those deeper thoughts which meet us only in the words of the beloved disciple. The union which results from the communication of life is not temporary, but is one that remaineth. By virtue of it we abide in Christ, and He in us. It is our home life, that of every day, and will be the life of the eternal home (John 14:2). (Comp. Note on John 5:38, and the contrast in John 3:36.) . . .