John 7:17
if anyone may will to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or—[if] I speak from Myself.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me;
Cross References
Psalms 25:8Good and upright [is] YHWH, || Therefore He directs sinners in the way.
Psalms 25:14The secret of YHWH [is] for those fearing Him, || And His covenant—to cause them to know.
Psalms 119:101I restrained my feet from every evil path, || So that I keep Your word.
Jeremiah 31:33“For this [is] the covenant that I make, || With the house of Israel, after those days,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “I have given My law in their inward part, || And I write it on their heart, || And I have been their God, || And they are My people.
Hosea 6:3And we know—we pursue to know YHWH, || His going forth is prepared as the dawn, || And He comes in as a shower to us, || As spring rain [and] autumn rain to the earth.”
Malachi 4:2But for you fearing My Name, || The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings, || And you have gone forth, || And have bounded as calves of a 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 →