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.
John Chrysostom
In order then that we may become this not by love only, but in very deed, let us be blended into that flesh. This is effected by the food which He hath freely given us, desiring to show the love which He hath for us. On this account He hath mixed up Himself with us; He hath kneaded up His body with ours, that we might be a certain One Thing, like a body joined to a head.
Source details
A.D. 391 · Homily 46 on John, §3
Checked word-for-word against Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Vol. 14 · 2026-07-06