John 6:27

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. LABOUR, [ ergazesthe (G2038 ), OR 'WORK'] NOT FOR THE MEAT WHICH PERISHETH, BUT FOR THAT MEAT WHICH ENDURETH UNTO EVERLASTING LIFE, WHICH THE SON OF MAN - taking that title of Himself which denoted His incarnate life. SHALL GIVE UNTO YOU - in the sense of John 6:51. FOR HIM HATH GOD THE FATHER SEALED, [ touton (G5126) gar (G1063) ho ...

27._Labour for food, not that which perisheth. _He shows to what object our desires ought to be directed, namely, to eternal life; but because, in proportion as our understandings are gross, we are always devoted to earthly things, for this reason he corrects that disease which is natural to us, before he points out what we ought to do. The simple doctrine would have been, “Labour to have the incorruptible food;” but, knowing that the senses of men are held bound by earthly cares, he first enjoins them to be loosed and freed from those cords, that they may rise to heaven. Not that he forbids his followers to labor that they may procure daily food; but he shows that the heavenly life ought to be preferred to this earthly life, because the godly have no other reason for living here than that, being sojourners in the world, they may travel rapidly towards their heavenly country. Next, we ou...

22-27 Instead of answering the inquiry how he came there, Jesus blamed their asking. The utmost earnestness should be employed in seeking salvation, in the use of appointed means; yet it is to be sought only as the gift of the Son of man. Him the Father has sealed, proved to be God. He declared the Son of man to be the Son of God with power....

Verse 27. _LABOUR NOT FOR THE MEAT_] That is, for that _only_, but _also for the bread_, c. Our Lord wills every man to be active and diligent in that employment in which providence has placed him but it is his will also that that employment, and all the concerns of life, should be subservient to the interest of his soul. _BUT FOR THAT MEAT_, c.] He who _labours_ not, in the work of his salvation, is never likely to enter into the kingdom of God. Though our labour cannot _purchase_ it, either in _whole_ or in _part_, yet it is the _way_ in which God chooses to give salvation and he that will have heaven must _strive_ for it. Every thing that can be possessed, except the salvation of God, is a _perishing_ thing: this is its essential character: it can last to us no longer than the body lasts. But, when the earth and its produce are burnt up, this bread of Christ, his grace and salvation...

LABOUR NOT - This does not mean that we are to make no effort for the supply of our wants (compare 1 Timothy 5:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:10), but that we are not to manifest anxiety, we are not to make this the main or supreme object of our desire. See the notes at Matthew 6:25. THE MEAT THAT PERISHETH - The food for the supply of your natural needs. It perishes. The strength you derive from it is soon exhausted, and your wasted powers need to be reinvigorated. THAT MEAT WHICH ENDURETH - The supply of your spiritual wants; that which supports, and nourishes, and strengthens the soul; the doctrines

EXPOSITION JOHN 6:1 2. _Christ declares himself to be the Sustainer and Protector of the life of which he is the Source_. JOHN 6:1 (1) _The supply of human wants illustrated by a well known _"_sign_" _of power_. Chronological difficulties beset our treatment of this miraculous narrative with its varied consequences and results. Many curious and even violent measures have been resorted to with a view to solve them. Some have supposed that John 5:1. and 6. have been inverted in order, and that thus the presence of our Lord in Galilee, mentioned in...

LABOUR NOT FOR THE MEAT WHICH PERISHETH,.... Meaning either food for the body, which is perishing; its virtue is perishing; man cannot live by it alone, nor does it last long; its substance is perishing; it is received into the stomach, and there digested; it goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught; and that which it supports, for a while, is perishing; and both the one, and the other, shall be destroyed; even meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: now, though it becomes men to work for their bread, to provide it for themselves and families; yet they should not be anxiously solicitous about it, or labour only for that, and prefer it to spiritual food: or else food for the mind is meant, and that either in a sensual way, as sinful lust and pleasures, the honours of this world, and the riches of it; which are sweet morsels, though bread of deceit, to carnal minds, and...

John 6:1. _After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him,_ They had been hearing him all day, and he had withdrawn a little from them, but they pursued him up the hill, and I doubt not that as they toiled up the hill they showed their faintness and their weariness, which led the Saviour to see how much they needed refreshment. John 6:5. He saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he

SON OF MAN (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _...

JOHN 6:27 u`mi/n dw,sei {A} Several witnesses (a D itd, e, ff2, j syrc, pal Chrysostom) read the present tense, which appears to be the result of assimilation to di,dwsin u`mi/n in ver. John 6:32. The reading u`mi/n dw,sei, which is strongly supported by î75 A B W Q ¦1 28 33 565 700 _al,_ is clearly to be preferred....