John 7:17
If any one intend, his will, to do, he shall get to know concerning the teaching—whether it is, of God, or, I, from myself, am speaking,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Jesus, therefore, answered them, and said—My teaching, is not mine, but his who sent me.
Cross References
Psalms 25:8Good and upright, is Yahweh, For this cause, will he direct sinners into the way.
Psalms 25:14Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.
Psalms 119:101From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
Jeremiah 31:33For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel after those days Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it,—So will I become their God, And they shall become my people.
Hosea 6:3Then let us know—let us press on to know—Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured,—that he may come like a down-pour upon us, like the harvest-rain, [and] the seed-rain of the land.
Malachi 4:2So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,—and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from 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 →