John 6:37

All whom the Father gives to Jesus will come to Him, and He will never cast out anyone who comes. This verse joins God's sovereign grace with a tender promise of welcome.

Cross-references · 30

• Matt 11:28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
• John 6:39This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
• John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
• John 10:28–29I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
• John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
• John 17:6I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
• Isa 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
• 2 Tim 2:19However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
• Heb 4:15For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
• Eph 2:4–10But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
• John 6:65He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”
• Isa 1:18–19“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Isa 42:3He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
• 2 Th 2:13–14But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
• Titus 3:3–7For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
• 1 Tim 1:16However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
• Isa 41:9You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;’
• John 6:44–45No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
• Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
• Rom 5:20The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
• John 17:8–9for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
• Luke 23:40–43But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
• Ps 102:17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
• Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
• Heb 7:25Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
• Matt 24:24For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
• Phil 1:29Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
• 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
• John 17:11I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
• John 9:34They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” They threw him out.

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