With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
John 7:17 - King 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified 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. English Standard Version 2016 If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. |
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; And he will shew them his covenant.
Evil men understand not judgment: But they that seek the LORD understand all things.
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the righteous.
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, though fools, shall not err therein.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, 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 the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.