John 6:27
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27 Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”(A)
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Colossians 3:2
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2 Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth,
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Isaiah 55:2
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2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread
and your earnings for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.(A)
John 6:54
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54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day,(A)
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Romans 6:23
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23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(A)
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John 6:40
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40 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”(A)
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2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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Acts 10:38
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38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.(A)
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John 17:2
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2 since you have given him authority over all people,[a] to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.(A)
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- 17.2 Gk flesh
John 6:58
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58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which the ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
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John 10:28
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28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.(A)
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John 6:51
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51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”(A)
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Matthew 6:19
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Concerning Treasures
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[a] consume and where thieves break in and steal,(A)
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- 6.19 Gk eating
Philippians 2:13
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13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.(A)
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Proverbs 2:2-6
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2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding,
3 if you indeed cry out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.(B)
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(C)
2 Peter 1:17
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17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, my Beloved,[a] with whom I am well pleased.”(A)
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- 1.17 Other ancient authorities read my beloved Son
John 5:36-37
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36 But I have a testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.(A) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form,(B)
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2 Peter 3:11-14
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11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening[a] the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and destroyed and the elements will melt with fire? 13 But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.(A)
Final Exhortation and Doxology
14 Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish,(B)
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- 3.12 Or earnestly desiring
1 Peter 1:24
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24 For
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,(A)
John 6:28-29
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28 Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”(A)
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John 4:13-14
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13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”(A)
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Jeremiah 15:16
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16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.(A)
Hebrews 12:16
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16 See to it that no one becomes an immoral and godless person, as Esau was, who sold his birthright for a single meal.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 1:3
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3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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