John 14:11
9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
12 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
13 And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
- KJV
- Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
- WEB
- Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
- ASV
- Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works` sake.
- DARBY
- Believe *me* that I [am] in the Father and the Father in me; but if not, believe me for the works' sake themselves.
- BLB
- Believe Me that I [am] in the Father and the Father [is] in Me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.
- ÅB
- Tro meg at jeg er i Faren og Faren i meg; men hvis ikke, så tro det dog for selve gjerningenes skyld!
- OTB
- Tro meg når jeg sier at jeg er i Faderen og Faderen er i meg; eller tro i det minste på grunn av gjerningene selv.
- B1930
- Tro mig at jeg er i Faderen og Faderen i mig; men hvis ikke, så tro det dog for selve gjerningenes skyld!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 10:25
“I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
Read in contextJohn 10:38
But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
Read in contextJohn 5:36
But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
Read in contextJohn 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
Read in contextActs 2:22
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
Read in contextHebrews 2:4
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
Read in contextJohn 10:32
But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
Read in contextMatthew 11:4–5
Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
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