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This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all who he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise them up at the last day.
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The Father's Unfailing Will
Jesus reveals that the Father's will is the absolute security of every person He has given to the Son. Commentators explain this is not a mere wish, but a divine purpose. Because Jesus came to perfectly execute this will and has all power to do so, the believer's salvation is guaranteed and they cannot be lost.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Father's will. This means His purpose, desire, or intention.
Since this is the Father's will, and Jesus came to carry out His will,…
That of all that which (ινα παν ο). Literally, "That all which" (see verse 37 for παν ο), but there is a sharp anacoluthon with πα…
19th Century
Anglican
And this is the Father’s will.—The preferred reading, according to the best manuscripts, is: And this is the will of Him that …
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Baptist
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all…
Six times in this immediate context Jesus says that he “came down from heaven” (vv.33, 38, 41, 50, 51, 58). His claim to heavenly origin is unmista…
16th Century
Protestant
And this is the will of the Father. He now testifies that this is the design of the Father, that believers may find salvation secured in C…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this is the Father's will which has sent me This explains both who he was that sent him; the Father of him, and …
The discovery of their guilt, danger, and remedy, by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, makes people willing and glad to come, and to give up everyth…
13th Century
Catholic
Having told us the question the Jews had asked Christ, the Evangelist now gives his answer.
First, Christ tells us of the origin o…
