“It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 6 contains 71 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.