John 7:17
If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or [that] I speak from myself.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.
Cross References
Psalms 25:8Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:
Psalms 25:14The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.
Psalms 119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
Jeremiah 31:33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hosea 6:3and we shall know, we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
Malachi 4:2And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →