John 6:38 (WEB)
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Catechism · 3
The Seven Petitions
“In the prayer of his agony, he consents totally to this will: "not my will, but yours be done."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 22:42; cf. Jn 4:34; 5:30; 6:38.
“For this reason the specifically Christian sense of this fourth petition concerns the Bread of Life: the Word of God accepted in faith, the Body of Christ received in the Eucharist.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 6:26-58.
Jesus Died Crucified
“The Son of God, who came down "from heaven, not to do (his) own will, but the will of him who sent (him)",” — Catechism footnote: Jn 6:38.
Fathers and councils · 46
Tertullian
“And it is not His own will, but the Father’s, which He has accomplished, which He had known most intimately, even from the beginning.” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“No man indeed was able to come to Him, except the Father attracted him; whereas every one who had heard and learnt of the Father came to Him.”” — editor's note: John vi. 37–45.
Read the whole comment“…enduring: for if He Himself proclaimed that He did not His own, but the Father’s will, without doubt those things which He used to do were the Father’s will; unto which things, as unto exemplars, we are now provoked; to preach, to work, to endure even unto death.” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“And, still further, the Lord explains to us the meaning of the thing when He says: “I came not to do my own will, but the Father’s, who hath sent me.”” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And this is the will of My Father, that every one which seeth the Son and believeth on Him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day.’” — editor's note: John vi. 38–40
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.2Discourse III
“…O Israel, the Lord our God is One Lord;’ and saying to the multitudes, ‘I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me;’ and teaching the disciples, ‘My Father is greater than I,’ and ‘He that honoureth Me, honoureth Him that sent Me;’ if the Son is such towards His own Father,…” — editor's note: John vi. 38; xiv. 28.
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Jerome
“Our Lord and Saviour says:“I am come down from heaven not to do Mine own will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 38.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.6Conference XVI
“Then how can any seeds of discussion arise from him who serves not his own but his brother’s will, and becomes a follower of his Lord and Master, who speaking in the character of man which He had taken, said: “I am not come to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me?”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XIX.6Conference XIX
“Him of whom it is said: “He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death; and so be able humbly to make use of His words: “For I came not to do mine own will, but the will of the Father which sent me.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 8; S. John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.26Conference XXIV
“And therefore our Lord and Saviour, to give us an example of giving up our own wills, says: “I came not to do My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me;” and again: “Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 38; S. Matt. xxvi. 39.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The Lord cries aloud, that “whosoever thirsts should come and drink of the rivers of living water that flowed out of His bosom.”” — editor's note: John vi. 37, 38. [This quotation is amended by me, in strict accordance with the (ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας) Greek, which refers to the nobler cavity, not the inferior,…
Read the whole comment“Therefore eternal and divine things are to be followed, and all things must be done after the will of God, that we may follow the divine footsteps and teachings of our Lord, who warned us, and said, “I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.”” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“And in another place He says, “I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.”” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“In the Gospel according to John: “I came not down from heaven to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me.”” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Here, then, let there be an end of the objection which it is your custom to oppose to us, on the ground that the Lord said, “Not as I will, but as Thou wilt;” and again, “For this cause I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.”” — editor's note: S. John vi. 38.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And He will tell all Thy marvels (since it is now spoken of prophetically), “who came not to do His own will, but the will of Him who sent Him.”” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“…forth My hands to Thee:” because He ever refers all His works to the will of His Father, constantly declaring that He came to fulfil His Father’s will: so also, as an unbelieving people saw the same works, another Prophet saith, “I have spread out my hands all day unto a rebellious people, that believes not,…” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“After this address, too, his narrative is again borne on to one subject after another, in a sublime strain.” — editor's note: John vi. 22–72.
Read the whole comment“John, on the other hand, has said nothing about the body and blood of the Lord in this context; but he plainly certifies that the Lord spake to that effect on another occasion, with much greater fulness than here.” — editor's note: John vi. 32–64.
Read the whole comment“Thou shall not go unto him, who dared not by reason of the burden of unrighteousness to lift up his eyes to heaven, but unto Him, Who by the weight of charity came down from heaven.” — editor's note: John vi. 38
Read the whole comment“According to the form of God, He and the Father are one; according to the form of a servant, He came not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him.” — editor's note: John vi. 38
Read the whole comment“For, that the will of God is done when His precepts are obeyed, the Lord Himself says, when He affirms, “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me;” and often, “I came, not to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me;” and when He says, “Behold my mother and my brethren!” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“Who often bare witness, saying, “I do the will of My Father That sent Me.”” — editor's note: John iv. 34, v. 30, vi. 38.
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John Chrysostom
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…of the flesh concerning God the Father, so fulfilling the Father’s will, even as He says, I came not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.” — editor's note: St. John vi. 38.
Read the whole comment“Connect with this that saying, which you lay hold of to support the imputation of infirmity, All that the Father giveth Me shall come unto Me, and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out; for I am come down from heaven not to do Mine own will, but the will of the Father that sent Me.” — editor's note: St. John vi. 37, 38.
Read the whole comment“I am not come to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me: and again, Therefore hath the Father loved Me because I do all things that are pleasing unto Him: and, Father, Thy will be done.” — editor's note: St. John vi. 38.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“XII. Let them quote in the seventh place that The Son came down from Heaven, not to do His own Will, but the Will of Him That sent Him.” — editor's note: John vi. 38.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord now proceeds to set forth mysteries; and first speaks of His Divinity: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life. He does not say this of His body, for He speaks of that at the end; The bread that I…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
He does not say, I am the bread of nourishment, but of life, for, whereas all things brought death, Christ hath quickened us by Himself. But the life here, is not our common life, but that which is not cut short by…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
He that cometh to Me, i. e. that believeth on Me, shall never hunger, has the same meaning as shall never thirst; both signifying that eternal society, where there is no want.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
Or, shall never hunger or thirst, i. e. shall never be wearied1 of hearing the word of God, and shall never thirst as to the understanding: as though He had not the water of baptism, and the sanctification of the Spirit.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Ye desire bread from heaven: but, though you have it before you, you eat it not. This is what I told you: But I said unto you, that ye also have seen Me, and believe not.
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
As if He said, I did not say what I did to you about the bread, because I thought you would eat it, but rather to convict you of unbelief. I say, that ye see Me, and believe not.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Or, I said to you, refers to the testimony of the Scriptures, of which He said above, They are they which testify of Me; and again, I am come in My Father’s name, and ye receive Me not. That ye have seen Me, is a…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
But, because ye have seen Me, and believed not, I have not therefore lost the people of God: All that the Father giveth Me, shall come unto Me; and him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on John
All, He saith, absolutely, to shew the fulness of the number who should believe. These are they which the Father gives the Son, when, by His secret inspiration, He makes them believe in the Son.
Read the whole comment - Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
Whomsoever therefore the Father draweth to belief in Me, he, by faith, shall come to Me, that he may be joined to Me. And those, who in the steps of faith and good works, shall come to Me, I will in no wise cast out;…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
That inner place, whence there is no casting out, is a great sanctuary, a secret chamber, where is neither weariness, or the bitterness of evil thoughts, or the cross of pain and temptation: of which it is said,…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The expression, that the Father giveth Me, shews that it is no accident whether a man believes or not, and that belief is not the work of human cogitation, but requires a revelation from on high, and a mind devout…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
This is the reason why He does not cast out those who come to Him. For I came down from heaven not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me. The soul departed from God, because it was proud. Pride casts…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on John
Not that He does what He does not wish. He fulfils obediently His Father’s will, wishing also Himself to fulfil that will.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
For this very reason therefore, I will not cast out Him that cometh to Me; because I came not to do Mine own will. I came to teach humility, by being humble Myself. He that cometh to Me, is made a member of Me, and…
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They therefore who by God’s unerring providence are foreknown, and predestined, called, justified, glorified, even before their new birth, or before they are born at all, are already the sons of God, and cannot…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
I should lose nothing; He lets them know, he does not desire his own honour, but their salvation. After these declarations, I will in no wise cast out, and I should lose nothing, He adds, But should raise it up at…
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See how the twofold resurrection is expressed here. He who cometh to Me, shall forthwith rise again; by becoming humble, and a member of Me. But then He proceeds; But I will raise him up at the last day. To explain…
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