John 6:37
Context6:37 Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away. 1
John 6:44
Context6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, 2 and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:65
Context6:65 So Jesus added, 3 “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.” 4
[6:37] 1 tn Or “drive away”; Grk “cast out.”
[6:44] 2 tn Or “attracts him,” or “pulls him.” The word is used of pulling or dragging, often by force. It is even used once of magnetic attraction (A. Oepke, TDNT 2:503).
[6:65] 3 tn Grk “And he said”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[6:65] 4 tn Grk “unless it has been permitted to him by the Father.”