John 7:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ If any man desires to do His will (God's pleasure), he will know (have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for himself) whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking from Myself and of My own accord and on My own authority.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Whoever wants to do God’s will can tell whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

John 7:17 Cross References

Psalm 119:10

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Psalm 25:12

What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; And he will shew them his covenant.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men understand not judgement: But they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Proverbs 3:32

For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the upright.

Isaiah 35:8

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves; and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand: but they that be wise shall understand.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

Micah 4:2

And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem,

Malachi 4:2

But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.

Matthew 6:22

The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Luke 8:15

And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

John 3:21

But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

John 8:47

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.