John 7:17
If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
Cross References
Psalms 25:8Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.
Psalms 25:14The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
Psalms 119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
Jeremiah 31:33But 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 in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Hosea 6:3And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
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 →