17if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or — I do speak from myself.


In Context

14 And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,

15 and the Jews were wondering, saying, 'How hath this one known letters — not having learned?'

16 Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

17 if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or — I do speak from myself.

18 'He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

19 hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'

John 7:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:17If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:17If 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:17If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:17If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:17If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.