John 6:38
Modern Translations
New International Version
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.

New Living Translation
For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.

English Standard Version
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Berean Study Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

New American Standard Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

NASB 1995
"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

NASB 1977
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Amplified Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

Christian Standard Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Contemporary English Version
I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me,

Good News Translation
because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I haven't come from heaven to do what I want to do. I've come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.

International Standard Version
I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

NET Bible
For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

New King James Version
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

King James 2000 Bible
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

New Heart English Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

World English Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

American King James Version
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

American Standard Version
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

A Faithful Version
For I did not come down from heaven to do My own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me.

Darby Bible Translation
For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him that has sent me.

English Revised Version
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For I came downe from heauen, not to do that I wyll: but that he wyll, which hath sent me.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
for I am come downe from heaue, not to do myne awne wyll, but the wyll of him that hath sent me.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For I came doune fro heaven: not to do myne awne will but his will which hath sent me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
because I have come down out of Heaven, not that I may do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Berean Literal Bible
For I have come down from heaven, not that I should do My will, but the will of the One having sent Me.

Young's Literal Translation
because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

Smith's Literal Translation
For I have come down from heaven, not that I might do my will, but the will of him having sent me.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I should do My will, but the will of the One having sent Me.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For I came down from Heaven, not to do my will, but to do the will of him who has sent me.”

Lamsa Bible
For I came down from heaven, not merely to do my own will, but to do the will of him who sent me.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Godbey New Testament
Because I have come down from heaven, not that I may do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.

Haweis New Testament
For I came down from heaven, not with a view to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Mace New Testament
for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Weymouth New Testament
For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.

Worrell New Testament
because I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me.

Worsley New Testament
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me.
















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