João 6

44 No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him,*As Jesus pointed out to Nicodemus (see note at John 3:6), without God’s direct participation, no one is saved. But see the next verse. and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’*See Isaiah 54:13. Therefore everyone who listens and learns from the Father comes to me.*In verse 44 Jesus emphasizes God’s sovereignty; here He emphasizes human responsibility. We can ‘listen and learn’, and then ‘come’. But in what sense is everyone "taught by God"? Everyone has the light of creation and is born with a conscience, at least. Perhaps there are other ways that God ‘teaches’. 46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God—He has seen the Father.) 47 Most assuredly I say to you: the one believing into me*About 0.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "into me" (as in NIV, NASB, TEV, etc.). But the object of one’s belief is of the essence; it is impossible to live without believing in something, so everyone believes. The reading of the so-called ‘critical text’ opens the door to universalism—the more so since the Lord is making a formal statement about how to be saved. has eternal life.