John 6:38
Strong's Lexicon
For
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

I have come down
καταβέβηκα (katabebēka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

heaven,
οὐρανοῦ (ouranou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

not
οὐχ (ouch)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

do
ποιῶ (poiō)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

My
ἐμὸν (emon)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.

[own]
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

will,
θέλημα (thelēma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2307: An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination.

but [to do]
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

will
θέλημα (thelēma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2307: An act of will, will; plur: wishes, desires. From the prolonged form of ethelo; a determination, i.e. choice or inclination.

of Him who
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sent
πέμψαντός (pempsantos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.

Me.
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

Young's Literal Translation
because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

New American Standard Bible
"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

King James Bible
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.

New Living Translation
For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.

English Standard Version
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

New American Standard Bible
"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

King James Bible
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

International Standard Version
I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

NET Bible
For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

American Standard Version
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

English Revised Version
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Young's Literal Translation
because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
















Cross References
Matthew 26:39
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Matthew 26:42
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

John 3:17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John 5:19
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

John 6:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

John 6:42
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

John 6:57
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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