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It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
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Spiritual, Not Physical
Commentators unanimously agree that Jesus is correcting a major misunderstanding. When He says 'the flesh profiteth nothing,' He is clarifying that a literal, physical eating of His body is not what He means and offers no spiritual benefit. His teaching is spiritual, aimed at nourishing the soul for eternal life, not just feeding the body temporarily.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is the Spirit that quickeneth. These words have been understood in different ways. The word "Spirit" here evidently does not refer to t…
That quickeneth (το ζωοποιουν). Articular present active participle of ζωοποιεω for which see 5:21. For the contrast between πνευμ…
19th Century
Anglican
It is the spirit that quickeneth.—The word "quickeneth," though it has almost passed from everyday use, will likely still…
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Baptist
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Jesus insists that the Holy Spirit is the one who imparts life to the believer; it is not transmitted by the process of physical eating. Jesus was …
16th Century
Protestant
It is the Spirit that quickeneth. By these words Christ shows the reason why the Jews did not profit from his doctrine is that, being spir…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It is the Spirit that quickens It is the spirit of man that quickens him; or which being breathed into him, he becom…
The human nature of Christ had not previously been in heaven, but being God and man, that wondrous Person was truly said to have come down from hea…
