Bible Strands
John 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the crowd in Capernaum who have seen the signs but refuse to believe (6:36), immediately before stating His purpose is the Father's will, not His own (6:38).
The words — δίδωμι (didōmi, G1325), "gives," is the hinge verb: the Father's giving precedes and causes the coming, making the initiative divine rather than human.
The thread — The same "those He has given Me" phrase appears in John 6:39 and John 17:24; the invitation to come echoes Matthew 11:28.
Why it lands — The verse forecloses two escapes: you cannot claim you arrived by your own effort, and Christ cannot claim He rejected you.
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The Greek words
King James Version
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Cross-references
- Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 6:39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
- John 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 17:2 For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
- John 17:6 I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
- 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.