John 7:16-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
16 Jesus answered them by saying, My teaching is not My own, but His Who sent Me.
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.
18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks to win honor for himself. [He whose teaching originates with himself seeks his own glory.] But He Who seeks the glory and is eager for the honor of Him Who sent Him, He is true; and there is no unrighteousness or falsehood or deception in Him.
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John 7:16-18
English Standard Version
16 So Jesus answered them, (A)“My teaching is not mine, but his (B)who sent me. 17 (C)If anyone's will is to do God's[a] will, (D)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I (E)am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority (F)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
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- John 7:17 Greek his
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