John 10:37
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
- KJV
- If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
- WEB
- If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.
- ASV
- If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
- DARBY
- If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
- BLB
- If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me.
- ÅB
- Gjør jeg ikke min Fars gjerninger, da tro meg ikke;
- OTB
- Hvis jeg ikke kan gjøre min Fars gjerninger, tro meg ikke.
- B1930
- Gjør jeg ikke min Faders gjerninger, da tro mig ikke;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Read in contextJohn 10:25
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.
Read in contextJohn 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Read in contextJohn 5:31
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
Read in contextMatthew 11:20–24
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
Read in contextJohn 12:37–40
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
Read in contextJohn 14:10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
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