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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses the crowd in Capernaum, explaining that his mission is defined by the Father's will rather than his own. This is the pivot between his self-description (v. 38) and the Father's specific requirement (v. 40).

The words — thelēma (G2307), "will," is the governing noun; it names a deliberate, fixed intention rather than a vague desire. The aorist participle pempsantos (G3992), "having sent," marks the Father's act as completed and the basis of everything that follows.

The thread — The same formula recurs in John 17:12 ("Not one of them has been lost") and John 18:9 ("I have not lost one of those You have given Me"), where Jesus cites this as a fulfilled fact. John 6:40 restates the will in terms of the believer's response.

Why it lands — The verse removes the reader from the equation of preservation: the guarantee rests on the Father's will and the Son's mission, not on the reader's sustained faith. It asks the reader to identify which side of "those He has given" they stand on.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Cross-references

John 17:12 While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
John 6:40 For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 18:9 This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
John 10:27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
John 6:54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
Jude 1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.