^17 (A)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

The Truth Shall Make You Free

³¹ Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you ^(A)abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. ³² And you shall know the ^(B)truth, and ^(C)the truth shall make you free.”

^43 (A)Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.

^33 (A)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: ^(B)I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their ^[a]hearts; ^(C)and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. ³⁴ No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for ^(D)they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For ^(E)I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

^47 (A)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

^10 (A)Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, ^(B)but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but ^(C)the wise shall understand.

¹⁵ Therefore let us, as many as are ^(A)mature, ^(B)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, ^(C)God will reveal even this to you. ¹⁶ Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already ^[a]attained, ^(D)let us walk ^(E)by the same ^[b]rule, let us be of the same mind.

¹¹ These were more ^[a]fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and ^(A)searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.