English Standard Version
John 13:17
17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.
Context of John 13:17
15For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 18I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.' 19I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.
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Cross-references for John 13:17
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
- Genesis 6:22Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
- Exodus 40:16This Moses did; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did.
- Psalms 19:11Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
- Ezekiel 36:27And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
- Matthew 7:24"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
- Matthew 22:38This is the great and first commandment.
- Luke 12:47And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- James 1:25But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
- James 2:20Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
- James 4:17So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
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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