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He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, except it be given to him by my Father."
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Faith is a Divine Gift
Commentators unanimously highlight that Jesus is repeating a core truth: no one can come to him in saving faith through their own power. Faith is a gift that must be "given" by the Father. Scholars like Calvin and Gill explain that this divine initiative, whether described as being "drawn" (v. 44) or "given" (v. 65), is the ultimate reason anyone believes at all. It is an act of God's grace, not a product of human effort.
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John
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Except it be given him of the Father (εαν μη η δεδομενον αυτω εκ του πατρος). Condition of third class with εαν μη and periphrasti…
19th Century
Anglican
No man can come unto me.—Unless the fields had been prepared, it was in vain to sow the seed. No effort on the sower’s part could make the…
Baptist
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that time many of his di…
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Jesus strongly implied that faith is the result of God’s enabling. Unbelief is natural to those who are selfish and alienated from God and who cann…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore have I told you. He again states that faith is an uncommon and remarkable gift of the Spirit of God, so that we may not be aston…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said, therefore said I to you Referring to (John 6:44) , where the substance of what is here said…
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Presbyterian
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…
