John vividly illustrates what it is to believe in Jesus through the use of a number of physical images.
| Drinking living water | 4:10–14; 7:37–38 |
| Eating the bread of life | 6:35, 47–48, 50–51, 53–58 |
| Eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood | 6:53–56 |
| Walking in and having the light | 8:12; 12:35–36 |
| Abiding/remaining in Jesus and his Word | 6:56; 8:31; 15:7 |