EasyEnglish Bible 2018
John 13:17
17Now you understand these things. So you should do them, and God will bless you.’
John 13:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
- New International Version (NIV)Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
Context of John 13:17
15I have given you an example. You should do the same for others as I have done for you. 16I tell you this: No servant is more important than his master is. No messenger is more important than the person who sent him with a message. Now you understand these things. So you should do them, and God will bless you.’ 18Jesus then said, ‘I am not talking about all of you. I know the people that I have chosen. The Bible says, “Someone who ate food with me has turned against me.” 19I am telling you this now, before it happens. So then, when it does happen, you will believe me. You will believe that “I am who I am”.
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εἰ ταῦτα οἴδατε, μακάριοί ἐστε ἐὰν ποιῆτε αὐτά.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 13:17
- John 15:14And you are my friends, if you obey my message.
- Genesis 6:22Noah obeyed God. He did everything that God had told him to do.
- Exodus 40:16Moses did all these things, as the Lord had commanded him.
- Psalms 19:11Your laws warn us to do what is right. If we obey them, they are a great help to us.
- Psalms 119:1God has blessed people who always do what is right. They obey the Lord's Law.
- Ezekiel 36:27I will put my Spirit in you, so that you obey my commands. You will be careful to obey my laws.
- Matthew 7:24Jesus then said, ‘Some people listen to my message and they obey it. Those people are like a wise man who built his house on rock.
- Matthew 12:50My brothers and sisters and my mother are those people who do what my Father in heaven wants.’
- Matthew 22:38This is the greatest rule and the most important of all God's Laws.
- Luke 12:47A servant may know what his master wants him to do. Then he should prepare himself and do that. If he does not, his master will punish him very much. He will hit him a lot.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14Whatever we do, we do it because Christ loves us. We know that one man, Christ, died on behalf of all people. So we also know that all of us died with him.
- Galatians 5:6We belong to Christ Jesus. So it does not matter whether anyone has circumcised us or not. The only thing that matters is that we believe in Christ. As a result we will love others in the way that we live.
- Hebrews 11:7Noah believed God too. God told Noah about bad things that would happen. Nobody could see what would happen, but Noah believed God's message. He was careful to do exactly what God told him. He built a large ship to save his family. As a result of his faith, Noah showed that everyone else in the world was wrong. Noah himself became one of those people that God accepted as right with him. They are right with God because they trust him.
- James 1:25So do not just listen to God's message and then forget it. It is a completely good message that makes people free. Look at it carefully and keep it in your mind. Do what it tells you to do. God will bless anyone who lives in that way.
- James 2:20You fool! If someone's faith does not lead them to do good things, it is not worth anything. You should know that!
- James 4:17So you know the right thing that you ought to do. But if you know that and you do not do the right thing, then you have done a wrong thing.
Commentaries on John 13:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17If ye know these things, happy, etc. - True happiness consists in the knowledge of God, and in obedience to him. A man is not happy because he knows much; but because he receives much of the Divine nature, and is, in all his conduct, conformed to the Divine will. "They who have read many books (says Menu) are more exalted than such as have seldom studied; they who retain what they have read, than forgetful readers; they who fully understand, than such as…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38The setting is the final Passover meal of Jesus on Thursday evening. During this meal, Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus. John does not describe the meal itself like the Synoptic Gospels do (Matthew 26:17–29; Mark 14:12–25; Luke 22:7–20; see also 1 Corinthians 11:23–26). John focuses on other activities at the event, such as: the foot washing (John 13:1–17), Judas’s betrayal (13:18–30), and the prediction of Peter’s denials (13:31–38).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Mt 10:24, &c.). If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them--a hint that even among real Christians the doing of such things would come lamentably short of the knowing.Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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