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For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/john/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.” <a href="/esv/john/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” <a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.” <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Do not work for the food that is perishing, but for the food enduring unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for God the Father has sealed Him." <a href="/kjv/john/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.” <a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” <a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man shall give to you, for on Him the Father, even God, has set His seal.” <a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, set His seal.” <a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures [and leads] to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for God the Father has authorized Him and put His seal on Him.” <a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.” <a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Don&#8217t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him."&#8221 <a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so." <a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed. <a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't work for food that spoils. Instead, work for the food that lasts into eternal life. This is the food the Son of Man will give you. After all, the Father has placed his seal of approval on him." <a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him." <a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him." <a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.? <a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life--the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him." <a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him." <a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Labor not for the food which perisheth, but for that food which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you: for him hath God the Father sealed. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." <a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a> Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> do not work for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to continuous life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for the Father sealed Him—[even] God.” <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Do not work for the food that is perishing, but for the food enduring unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for God the Father has sealed Him." <a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- even God.' <a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Work not for food perishing, but food remaining to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you: for him God the Father sealed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.” <a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.” <a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you; for this one God the Father has sealed. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures for the eternal life that The Son of Man will give you, for This One has The Father sealed as God with his seal of approval.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father at tested. <a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>Labor not for the food that perishes, but the food that abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man gives to you: for this God the Father hath sealed.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Labour not for the meat which is perishable, but for that meat which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for him hath the Father sealed, even God. <a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> work not for the food which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life, and which the son of man shall give unto you, for to him it is that the father, that is God, has given his credentials. <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." <a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for Him God the Father sealed."<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Labour not <Fr>so much<FR> for the meat that perisheth, but <Fr>rather<FR> for that food which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for Him hath God the Father sealed.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/6-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=1924" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Jesus the Bread of Life</a> 26Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27<a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">Do not</a> <a href="/greek/2038.htm" title="2038: ergazesthe (V-PMM/P-2P) -- To work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor. ">work for</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1035.htm" title="1035: brōsin (N-AFS) -- (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food.">food</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/622.htm" title="622: apollymenēn (V-PPM-AFS) -- From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.">perishes,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but for</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1035.htm" title="1035: brōsin (N-AFS) -- (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food.">food</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: menousan (V-PPA-AFS) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">endures</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/166.htm" title="166: aiōnion (Adj-AFS) -- From aion; perpetual.">eternal</a> <a href="/greek/2222.htm" title="2222: zōēn (N-AFS) -- Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.">life,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hēn (RelPro-AFS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">which</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huios (N-NMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpou (N-GMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">of Man</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dōsei (V-FIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">will give</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you.</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touton (DPro-AMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">on Him</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patēr (N-NMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/4972.htm" title="4972: esphragisen (V-AIA-3S) -- To seal, set a seal upon. From sphragis; to stamp for security or preservation; by implication, to keep secret, to attest.">has placed His seal of approval.” </a> 28Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Isaiah 55:2</a> Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a> But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” <a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13-14</a> Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” <a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a> Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. <a href="/john/6-40.htm">John 6:40</a> For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” <a href="/john/6-51.htm">John 6:51</a> I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.” <a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a> The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-53.htm">1 Corinthians 15:53-54</a> For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. / When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” <a href="/2_corinthians/4-18.htm">2 Corinthians 4:18</a> So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. <a href="/colossians/3-1.htm">Colossians 3:1-2</a> Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. / Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a> Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. <a href="/hebrews/12-27.htm">Hebrews 12:27-28</a> The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain. / Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. <a href="/james/1-12.htm">James 1:12</a> Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. <a href="/1_peter/1-4.htm">1 Peter 1:4</a> and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed.Labour not.<a href="/john/6-28.htm">John 6:28,29</a> Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? … <a href="/galatians/5-6.htm">Galatians 5:6</a> For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.<a href="/philippians/2-13.htm">Philippians 2:13</a> For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.the meat.<a href="/john/4-13.htm">John 4:13,14</a> Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: … <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:11-16</a> 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? … <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:7</a> All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.which endureth.<a href="/john/6-40.htm">John 6:40,51,54,58,68</a> And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day… <a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a> But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.<a href="/jeremiah/15-16.htm">Jeremiah 15:16</a> Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.which the.<a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28</a> And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.<a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25,26</a> Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: … <a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a> Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.for him.<a href="/john/1-33.htm">John 1:33,34</a> And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost… <a href="/john/5-36.htm">John 5:36,37</a> But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me… <a href="/john/8-18.htm">John 8:18</a> I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/3-36.htm">Abides</a> <a href="/john/5-39.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/john/5-39.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/luke/12-18.htm">Bestow</a> <a href="/luke/22-37.htm">End</a> <a href="/mark/13-13.htm">Endureth</a> <a href="/john/5-39.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/john/5-24.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/john/4-34.htm">Food</a> <a href="/john/4-10.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/john/5-7.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/john/5-40.htm">Life</a> <a href="/luke/11-32.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/john/4-34.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/luke/12-58.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Perishes</a> <a href="/mark/2-22.htm">Perisheth</a> <a href="/luke/15-17.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/john/3-35.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/john/5-38.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/john/3-33.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/matthew/27-66.htm">Sealed</a> <a href="/luke/11-22.htm">Spoils</a> <a href="/john/5-36.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/6-56.htm">Abides</a> <a href="/john/6-40.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/john/6-40.htm">Ages</a> <a href="/john/17-2.htm">Bestow</a> <a href="/john/11-4.htm">End</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/13-7.htm">Endureth</a> <a href="/john/6-40.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/john/6-40.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/john/6-35.htm">Food</a> <a href="/john/17-24.htm">Gift</a> <a href="/john/10-2.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/john/6-33.htm">Life</a> <a href="/john/20-25.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/john/6-55.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/acts/2-24.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-11.htm">Perishes</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/8-11.htm">Perisheth</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/john/19-29.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/john/14-25.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/romans/4-11.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/romans/15-28.htm">Sealed</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-2.htm">Spoils</a> <a href="/john/6-28.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">John 6</div>1. <a href="/john/6-1.htm">Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.</a> 15. <a href="/john/6-15.htm">Thereupon the people would have made him king;</a> 16. <a href="/john/6-16.htm">but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;</a> 26. <a href="/john/6-26.htm">reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;</a> 32. <a href="/john/6-32.htm">declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.</a> 66. <a href="/john/6-66.htm">Many disciples depart from him.</a> 68. <a href="/john/6-68.htm">Peter confesses him.</a> 70. <a href="/john/6-70.htm">Judas is a devil.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/john/6.htm">John 6</a>, Jesus had just performed the miracle of feeding the 5,000, which drew attention to physical needs. However, He redirects the focus from temporary satisfaction to spiritual nourishment. This echoes <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Isaiah 55:2</a>, where the prophet questions why people spend money on what is not bread and labor on what does not satisfy. The cultural context of first-century Judea, where daily survival often depended on securing food, highlights the radical nature of Jesus' teaching to prioritize spiritual over physical needs.but for food that endures to eternal life Here, Jesus introduces the concept of spiritual sustenance that leads to eternal life. This "food" is a metaphor for the teachings and salvation He offers. It aligns with the Jewish understanding of wisdom and the Word of God as life-giving, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a>, where it is stated that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. The eternal life mentioned is a central theme in John's Gospel, pointing to a quality of life that begins now and continues forever in God's presence.which the Son of Man will give you The title "Son of Man" is significant, as it connects Jesus to the prophetic vision in <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a>, where the Son of Man is given authority and an everlasting kingdom. This title emphasizes both Jesus' humanity and His divine authority. The promise that He will "give" this food underscores the grace and generosity of Christ, offering salvation and eternal life as a gift, not something earned by human effort.For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval. This phrase indicates divine authentication of Jesus' mission and identity. In ancient times, a seal was a mark of ownership and authority, often used to secure documents or goods. God's seal on Jesus signifies His approval and endorsement, affirming Jesus as the legitimate source of eternal life. This is reminiscent of the baptism of Jesus, where the voice from heaven declares Him as the beloved Son (<a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Matthew 3:17</a>). The seal also implies the presence of the Holy Spirit, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13</a>, where believers are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus (Son of Man)</a> Central figure in this passage, emphasizing His role as the provider of eternal sustenance. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_father.htm">God the Father</a> The one who has placed His seal of approval on Jesus, affirming His authority and mission. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a> The audience Jesus addresses, who are seeking Him after the feeding of the 5,000. 4. <a href="/topical/c/capernaum.htm">Capernaum</a> The location where this discourse takes place, following the miraculous feeding event. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_feeding_of_the_5,000.htm">The Feeding of the 5,000</a> A preceding event that sets the context for this teaching, highlighting the contrast between physical and spiritual nourishment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/seek_eternal_nourishment.htm">Seek Eternal Nourishment</a> Focus on spiritual growth and sustenance that leads to eternal life, rather than temporary, worldly gains. <a href="/topical/r/recognize_jesus'_authority.htm">Recognize Jesus' Authority</a> Understand that Jesus is divinely appointed and approved by God to provide eternal life. <a href="/topical/p/prioritize_spiritual_over_physical.htm">Prioritize Spiritual Over Physical</a> While physical needs are important, prioritize spiritual needs and trust God to provide. <a href="/topical/l/live_with_eternal_perspective.htm">Live with Eternal Perspective</a> Make decisions and live life with eternity in mind, valuing what has lasting significance. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_jesus'_provision.htm">Trust in Jesus' Provision</a> Have faith that Jesus will provide what is necessary for eternal life, as He is the source of true sustenance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 6</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_god_the_father.htm">What defines God the Father?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_being_a_muslim.htm">What defines being a Muslim?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_pro-palestinian_movement.htm">Who knows the Son except the Father?</a> <a href="/q/should_non-workers_be_allowed_to_eat.htm">Should those who refuse to work be allowed to eat?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) Labour not for the meat which perisheth.--This is one of the instances in which the reader of the English Bible has in the margin a much better rendering than in the text. Work not shows the verbal connection with <a href="/context/john/6-28.htm" title="Then said they to him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?">John 6:28-30</a>, which is wholly lost in "labour not." It will be instructive to compare the other passages in this Gospel where the word occurs: <a href="/john/3-21.htm" title="But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are worked in God.">John 3:21</a> (wrought in God); <a href="/john/5-17.htm" title="But Jesus answered them, My Father works till now, and I work.">John 5:17</a>; <a href="/john/9-4.htm" title="I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.">John 9:4</a>. Work not is better than "work not for," by which the words have been sometimes rendered The sense is, "Work not out--let it not be the result of your constant working--to have food (comp. <a href="/john/4-32.htm" title="But he said to them, I have meat to eat that you know not of.">John 4:32</a>) which perisheth; but let your work be one worthy of your endeavour, food which endureth unto eternal life, which food the Son of Man will give to you."For him hath God the Father sealed.--The emphasis of the original is seen better by preserving the order of the words, for Him hath the Father sealed, even God. (Comp. Note on <a href="/john/3-33.htm" title="He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true.">John 3:33</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - Labour (work, toil, rush, as you are doing, from Bethsaida Julias to Capernaum, or from either to Jerusalem) not for the food that is perishable, which soon loses its effect and must be renewed, which is corruptible and worthless if not partaken of at once, which, like manna, may breed worms, or vanish in the sun; labour not for the merely outward and vanishing and perishable elements in my work. Christ did not mean that these multitudes were not to toil for their daily bread, which could only be secured for them by labour and the sweat of the brow; but to labour for the food which endureth (or, abideth) unto eternal life (this last clause Moulton would separate from the μένουσαν, and considers to relate to the principal verb of the sentence; i.e. "labour for the abiding food," with a view to, or unto, eternal life). The bread that abideth unto eternal life, however, corresponds very closely with the water of life (<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>), which, when once appropriated, flows and springs up with perennial energy within the soul, conferring the consciousness and the beginning of eternal life. There is a food which is imperishable and incorruptible, feeding the heavenly life within the soul, and which, if once assimilated, becomes Divine life itself. Labour for that life which the Son of man will give to you. This grand idea, viz. the gift of eternal life in and by Christ himself, was one of the main themes of the Gospel of John. Christ knew himself to be the Giver of eternal life - a life of perfect blessedness, irrespective of time, and sense, and flesh, and the world, and death. The Lord here calls himself "Son of man," rather than "Son of God." The whole of the subsequent discourse expands and rests upon this gift of the perfect and blessed life in and by his humanity. In the previous chapter attention was called to the Divine Sonship and the Divine activity. Here equal emphasis was laid upon the human sonship and on the acceptance and assimilation by man of this supreme gift. The power or function of the Son of man to bestow this life is sustained by the assertion, For him (this very one) the Father, even God, hath sealed. Σφραγίζειν (see <a href="/john/3-33.htm">John 3:33</a>)means here to ratify and accredit as worthy and competent to discharge such duties, to render indubitable, to confirm by outward visible sign. or seal, as one empowered to do so Divine a thing. The Father has made "the Son of man" the steward of his bounty. The Son of man has the key to this boundless treasure, this eternal blessing. Men, however, must labour to receive so great a gift. It will prove to be a gift, even if they put forth the most strenuous energy to receive it. This first dialogue contrasts the carnal and spiritual reasons for seeking Jesus, and brings into sharp relief the Galilaean conception of the Christ, as Miracle worker, temporal Potentate, prophetic Leader of some vast host of triumphant enthusiasts, and contrasts with it the Lord's own conception. of himself as the Giver, the Medium, the divinely appointed Almoner of a spiritual blessing, for which, while the Father-God freely and lavishly gives it, the sons of men must eagerly toil. The next question and answer bring out the moral condition on which alone the gift can be dispensed. <a href="/commentaries/john/6-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>{Do} not μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. work [for] ἐργάζεσθε (ergazesthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2038.htm">Strong's 2038: </a> To work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor. food βρῶσιν (brōsin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1035.htm">Strong's 1035: </a> (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food. that τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. perishes, ἀπολλυμένην (apollymenēn) Verb - Present Participle Middle - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. but [for] ἀλλὰ (alla) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. food βρῶσιν (brōsin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1035.htm">Strong's 1035: </a> (a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust. From the base of bibrosko; eating; by extension food. that τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. endures μένουσαν (menousan) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. eternal αἰώνιον (aiōnion) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_166.htm">Strong's 166: </a> From aion; perpetual. life, ζωὴν (zōēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2222.htm">Strong's 2222: </a> Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life. which ἣν (hēn) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Son Υἱὸς (Huios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. of Man ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. will give δώσει (dōsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. you. ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. on Him τοῦτον (touton) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. God Θεός (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Father Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. has placed His seal of approval.? ἐσφράγισεν (esphragisen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4972.htm">Strong's 4972: </a> To seal, set a seal upon. 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