6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.
OK, it is the spirit that gives life. When the spirit leaves our body it is useless. The words that Jesus speaks are all about our spirit and our life.
In other words, the things Jesus said are how we obtain spirit and life, how we maintain the "quickening" in our bodies.
It is the things of the soul (spirit) that are important. Things of the flesh (body) are not, for they don't lead us to anything eternal.
So, Jesus is telling us that His Words are extremely important, that they are the stuff of our very SOuls and Lvies.
On this I think we all agree.
The only difference is that I take this importance of His Words and therefore interpret Him with the insistence He had to be taken literally.
Others take this insistence that the words are Spirit and Life as a clue to interpret the words figuratively. It is this that I still do not understand.
Jesus is not saying that His Own Flesh is worthless. He is instead saying "think about the important, spiritual things, not the low fleshy things." Because those fleshy thing will get you nothing.
Then, He says that His Words are the Spirit and Life. He nowhere contrasts His Words and His flesh, as you like to believe. He says "focus on the spiritual, not the fleshy; and my words are the key to life and spirit."
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The only difference is that I take this importance of His Words and therefore interpret Him with the insistence He had to be taken literally.
You interpret nothing JESUS says figuratively ?
... for instance ..I am the vine, ye are the branches ... ?