John 6:38New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do *my* will, but the will of him that has sent me.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Because I have come down from heaven,—Not that I should be doing my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him that sent me.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For I came downe from heauen, not to doe mine owne will, but the will of him that sent me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For I came down from heaven, not merely to do my own will, but to do the will of him who sent me.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— I descended from heaven not to do mine own will, but the will of Him who sent me.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— For I came down from heaven, not to do my own pleasure, but the pleasure of him that sent me. |
For
3754 {3754} Primeὅτιhoti{hot'-ee}
Neuter of G3748 as conjugation; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because.
I came down
2597 {2597} Primeκαταβαίνωkatabaino{kat-ab-ah'-ee-no}
From G2596 and the base of G0939; to descend (literally or figuratively).
z5758 <5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Indicative (See G5791) Count - 516
from
1537 {1537} Primeἐκek{ek}
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote).
heaven,
3772 {3772} Primeοὐρανόςouranos{oo-ran-os'}
Perhaps from the same as G3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension heaven (as the abode of God); by implication happiness, power, eternity; specifically the Gospel ( Christianity).
not
3756 {3756} Primeοὐou{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
to
2443 {2443} Primeἵναhina{hin'-ah}
Probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result).
do
4160 {4160} Primeποιέωpoieo{poy-eh'-o}
Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct).
z5725 <5725> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Subjunctive (See G5792) Count - 352
mine own
1699
will,
2307 {2307} Primeθέλημαthelema{thel'-ay-mah}
From the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly the thing), that is, (actively) choice (specifically purpose, decree; abstractly volition) or (passively) inclination.
but
235 {0235} Primeἀλλάalla{al-lah'}
Neuter plural of G0243; properly other things, that is, (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations).
the
x3588 (3588) Complementὁho{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
will
2307 {2307} Primeθέλημαthelema{thel'-ay-mah}
From the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly the thing), that is, (actively) choice (specifically purpose, decree; abstractly volition) or (passively) inclination.
of him that sent
3992 {3992} Primeπέμπωpempo{pem'-po}
Apparently a primary verb; to dispatch (from the subjective view or point of departure, whereas ἵημι [[hiemi]] [as a stronger form of εἶμι [[eimi]] ] refers rather to the objective point or terminus ad quem, and G4724 denotes properly the orderly motion involved), especially on a temporary errand; also to transmit, bestow, or wield.
z5660 <5660> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777) Voice - Active (See G5784) Mood - Participle (See G5796) Count - 714
me.
3165 {3165} Primeμέme{meh}
A shorter (and probably original) form of G1691; me. |
John 6:38
_ _ For I came down from heaven not to do Mine own will — to play an independent part.
_ _ but — in respect to both the foregoing things, the divine and the human side of salvation.
_ _ the will of Him that sent Me — What this twofold will of Him that sent Him is, we are next sublimely told (John 6:39, John 6:40): |
John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine (k) own will, but the will of him that sent me.
(k) See above in (John 5:22). |
- I came:
John 6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
John 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Ephesians 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
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- not:
John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Psalms 40:7-8 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me, ... I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Matthew 26:39-42 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt]. ... He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Romans 15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Philippians 2:7-8 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: ... And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Hebrews 10:7-9 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. ... Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
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