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John 13:17
17Now that you know these things, you will be blessed 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.
Context of John 13:17
15I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. 18“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ 19“I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am.
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Cross-references for John 13:17
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command.
- Genesis 6:22Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
- Exodus 40:16Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.
- Psalms 19:11By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.
- Ezekiel 36:27And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
- Matthew 7:24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is 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 first and greatest commandment.
- Luke 12:47“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.
- James 1:25But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
- James 2:20You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?
- James 4:17If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
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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