John 6:51
Douay-Rheims
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Augustine of Hippo
Believers know the body of Christ, if they neglect not to be the body of Christ. Let them become the body of Christ, if they wish to live by the Spirit of Christ. None lives by the Spirit of Christ but the body of Christ.
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A.D. 416 · Tractate 26 on John, §13
Checked word-for-word against Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Vol. 7 · 2026-07-06