New King James Version
John 14:1
1“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
John 14:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- New International Version (NIV)“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
Context of John 14:1
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
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Μὴ ταρασσέσθω ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία· πιστεύετε εἰς τὸν θεὸν καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ πιστεύετε.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 14:1
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- John 11:33Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
- John 12:27“Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
- John 16:3And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
- Job 21:4“As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
- Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
- Psalms 42:5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.
- Psalms 43:5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.
- Isaiah 43:1But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.
- Jeremiah 8:18I would comfort myself in sorrow; My heart is faint in me.
- Lamentations 3:17You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 12:9And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
Commentaries on John 14:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Let not your heart be troubled - After having answered St. Peter's question, he addresses himself again to his disciples, and tells them not to be afflicted at his leaving them, nor to lose courage because of what he said concerning Peter's denying him; that if they reposed their confidence in God, he would protect them; and that, howsoever they might see him treated, they should believe in him more firmly, as his sufferings, death, and resurrection…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Let not your heart be troubled - The disciples had been greatly distressed at what Jesus had said about leaving them. Compare John 16:6, John 16:22. Perhaps they had indicated their distress to him in some manner by their countenance or their expressions, and he proceeds new to administer to them such consolations as their circumstances made proper. The discourse in this chapter was delivered, doubtless, while they were sitting at the table partaking of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Christ comforts his disciples. (1-11) He further comforts his disciples. (12-17) He still further comforts his disciples. (18-31) Verses 1-11 Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be not you so. Christ's disciples, more than others…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Jesus felt troubled (Greek tarassō) on three occasions (11:33; 12:27; 13:21). His trust in God's power helped him confront these difficult times. When the disciples heard the upsetting words of 13:33, they felt the same way. believe (or trust, or have faith) in God: Only trusting God would help them through his hour of death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-31We now come to that portion of the evangelical history which we may with propriety call its Holy of Holies. Our Evangelist, like a consecrated priest, alone opens up to us the view into this sanctuary. It is the record of the last moments spent by the Lord in the midst of His disciples before His passion, when words full of heavenly thought flowed from His sacred lips. All that His heart, glowing with love, had still to say to His friends, was compressed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 14
- 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
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- 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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