John 6:63

The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh is of no benefit at all. The words I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life.
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  1. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites John 6:63

    …This thought comes out again and again in the Scrip tures. For example, we read in John 6:63, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have…

  2. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of the Holy Spirit and the Distinction Between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit cites John 6:63

    …(2) The impartation of life is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. This we find, for example, in John 6:63: "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing." We find the same thing…

  3. Communion with God · John Owen

    How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites John vi. 63

    …with it, all is lost. Therefore, — (2.) He sends them his Holy Spirit, to quicken them, John vi. 63, to cause them that are “dead to hear his voice,” John v. 25; and to work in them…

  4. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of the Holy Spirit cites John 6:63

    …also a Divine work, and this is ascribed in the Scriptures to the Holy Spirit. We read in John 6:63, “ It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have…

  5. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites John 6:63

    …uses the instrument that the new birth results. “It is the Spirit who gives life.” (John 6:63). In 2 Corinthians 3:6, we are told that “ For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives…

  6. The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch · Ochorus Originals

    The Medicine of Immortality cites JOHN 6:63

    …profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. JOHN 6:63 What all readers should grant is this. Ignatius took the Lord’s Supper with great…

  7. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    In the Hay - Field cites John 6:63

    …stand forever” — Isaiah 40:8 (ESV), and the words Jesus speaks are “spirit and life” — John 6:63 (ESV). “Here is spiritual food for my soul,” I say; “I will rejoice in it.” O may God…

  8. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the Second cites John vi. 63

    …thing that is contrary to spirit: as in this passage, “The flesh profiteth nothing.” (John vi. 63.) But where it is used abstractedly, there you may understand the corporal state and…

  9. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    The Holy Ghost cites JOHN 6:63

    …profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. JOHN 6:63 The conditions How, then, is the power received? She set out the conditions plainly. Put…

  10. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Ministry of the Word cites John 6:63

    …the difference: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life (John 6:63). And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in…

  11. With and Without Christ · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    Non-Christians without Christ cites John vi. 63

    …The teaching of Christ is not only good doctrine, it is ‘spirit and life’ as well (John vi. 63), and millions and millions who have accepted Him have obtained new life through Him.”…

  12. At the Master's Feet · Sadhu Sundar Singh

    The Manifestation of God's Presence cites John vi.63

    …the salvation of men I took on a human body, so My Word also, which is Spirit and Life (John vi.63) is written in the language of men, that is, there are inspired and human elements united…

  13. The Way Into the Holiest · F. B. Meyer

    The Word of God and Its Edge cites John vi. 63

    …is the Word of God. THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING. The words he speaks are spirit and life (John vi. 63). Wherever they fall, though into dull and lifeless soil, they begin to breed life, and…

  14. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    The Holy Ghost cites John vi. 63

    …depart to be with Christ,—all, all, all may be traced to the work of God the Holy Ghost. (John vi. 63; iii. 8; xvi. 9, 10; Eph. iv. 30; 1 Cor. vi. 19; Rom. viii. 15, 16, 26; 2 Thess. ii. 13…

  15. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Having the Spirit cites John vi. 63

    …(Rom. viii. 3.) “It is the Spirit,” says our Lord Jesus Christ, “that quickeneth.” (John vi. 63.) We are all by nature dead in trespasses and sins. We have neither feeling nor interest…

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