³³ The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

⁸ for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.

⁴² Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.

Introduction

1 We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning,^[a] whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. ² This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us.

²⁸ Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father.”