With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.
John 7:17 - New Revised Standard Version Anyone who resolves to do the will of God 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. |
With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments.
Who are they that fear the Lord? He will teach them the way that they should choose.
The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.
The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.
for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.
A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God's people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.
Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”
and many nations shall come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light;
But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word.
You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do 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 lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Whoever is from God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not from God.”
These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so.