John 7:17
If any man will doe his will, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16Iesus answered them, and saide, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Cross References
Psalms 25:8Gracious and righteous is the Lord: therefore will he teache sinners in the way.
Psalms 25:14The secrete of the Lord is reueiled to them, that feare him: and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding.
Psalms 119:101I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
Jeremiah 31:33But this shall be the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inward partes, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shalbe my people.
Hosea 6:3Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.
Malachi 4:2But vnto you that feare my Name, shall the sunne of righteousnesse arise, and health shall be vnder his wings, and ye shall goe forth, and growe vp as fat calues.
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 →