The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
John 7:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
for the devious are detestable to the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it.
Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
Let’s strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
and many nations will come and say, ‘Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways So that we may walk in his paths.’ For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.
‘The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
But the seed in the good ground #– #these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, produce fruit.
But anyone who lives by the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God.’
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.’
The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.