John Chapter 7, Verse 17
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17: εαν τις θελη το θελημα αυτου ποιειν γνωσεται περι της διδαχης ποτερον εκ του θεου εστιν η εγω απ εμαυτου λαλω
17: If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
17: If any man will do the will of him, he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
If any man will do his will. Literally, if any man wills or is willing to do the will of God. If there is a disposition in anyone to do that will, though he should not be able perfectly to keep his commandments. To do the will of God is to obey his commandments; to yield our hearts and lives to his requirements. A disposition to do his will is a readiness to yield our intellects, our feelings, and all that we have entirely to him, to be governed according to his pleasure.
He shall know. He shall have evidence, in the very attempt to do the will of God, of the truth of the doctrine.
Whether it be of God. Whether it be divine.
Or whether I speak of myself. Of myself without being commissioned or directed by God.
