PERHAPS, Allen, you could tell us which of the following translations--I've included some I don't usually bother with--which of them have such errors as to likely contribute to the reader's descent into momentary or chronic sin or, worse, into a more rapid, untimely, immediate descent into hell?
John 6:53-56
NIV
John 6
53Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
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NASB
John 6
53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of (1) the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will (2) raise him up on the last day.
55 "For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (3) abides in Me, and I in him.
Show cross-references
1. Matt 8:20; John 6:27, 62
2. John 6:39
3. John 15:4f; 17:23; 1 John 2:24; 3:24; 4:15f
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John 6
53But Jesus didn't give an inch. "Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you. 54The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day. 55My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you.
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AMPLIFIED
ohn 6
53And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood].
54He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.
55For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.
56He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.
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NLT
John 6
53So Jesus said again, "I assure you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. 54But those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them at the last day. 55For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. 56All who eat my flesh and drink my blood remain in me, and I in them.
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.
KJV
John 6
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
NEW LIFE VERSION
John 6
53Jesus said to them, 'For sure, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you. 54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has life that lasts forever. I will raise him up on the last day. 55My flesh is true food and My blood is true drink. 56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood lives in Me and I live in him.
1969 by Christian Literature International
NEW KJV
John 6
53Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For My flesh is food indeed,[1] and My blood is drink indeed. 56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
Footnotes
1. 6:55 NU-Text reads true food and true drink.
YOUNG'S LITERAL TRANSLATION
John 6
53 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;
54 he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;
55 for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;
56 he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.
DARBY
John 6
53 Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
54 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
55 for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.
56 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.
WYCLIFFE NEW TESTAMENT WFC
John 6
53 Therefore Jesus saith to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, but ye eat the flesh of man's Son, and drink his blood, ye shall not have life in you.
54 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life, and I shall again-raise him in the last day.
55 For my flesh is very meat, and my blood is very drink.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
2001 by Terrence P. Noble,
NEW INTERNATIONAL READER'S VERSION
John 6
53 Jesus said to them, "What I'm about to tell you is true. You must eat the Son of Man's body and drink his blood. If you don't, you have no life in you.
54 Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood has eternal life. I will raise him up on the last day.
55 "My body is real food. My blood is real drink.
56 Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood remains in me. And I remain in him.
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NIV UK
John 6
53 Jesus said to them, I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
© Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society