Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. New Living Translation Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. English Standard Version If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. Berean Standard Bible If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. Berean Literal Bible If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. King James Bible If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. New King James Version If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. New American Standard Bible If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. NASB 1995 “If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. NASB 1977 “If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. Legacy Standard Bible If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. Amplified Bible If you know these things, you are blessed [happy and favored by God] if you put them into practice [and faithfully do them]. Christian Standard Bible If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. Holman Christian Standard Bible If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. American Standard Version If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. Contemporary English Version You know these things, and God will bless you, if you do them. English Revised Version If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. GOD'S WORD® Translation If you understand all of this, you are blessed whenever you follow my example. Good News Translation Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice! International Standard Version If you understand these things, how blessed you are if you put them into practice! Majority Standard Bible If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. NET Bible If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them. New Heart English Bible If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. Webster's Bible Translation If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. Weymouth New Testament If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly. World English Bible If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionif you have known these things, you are blessed if you may do them; Berean Literal Bible If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. Young's Literal Translation if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them; Smith's Literal Translation If ye know these, happy are ye if ye do them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them. Catholic Public Domain Version If you understand this, you shall be blessed if you will do it. New American Bible If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it. New Revised Standard Version If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentIf you know these things, blessed are you, if you do them. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye practise them. Mace New Testament if ye comprehend these things, happy are ye if ye put them in practice. Weymouth New Testament If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet…16Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. 18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’… Cross References James 1:22-25 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ... Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. / But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ... Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. Philippians 4:9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin. 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. Matthew 5:19 So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. Galatians 6:9 Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Hebrews 13:21 equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 1:14-15 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. / But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, 2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, Deuteronomy 5:29 If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever. Deuteronomy 6:3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. Treasury of Scripture If you know these things, happy are you if you do them. happy. John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Genesis 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Exodus 40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. Jump to Previous Accordingly Act Blessed Clear HappyJump to Next Accordingly Act Blessed Clear HappyJohn 13 1. Jesus washes the disciples' feet, and exhorts them to humility and charity.18. He foretells and discovers to John by a token, that Judas should betray him; 31. commands them to love one another; 36. and forewarns Peter of his denials. If you know The Greek word for "know" here is "οἴδατε" (oidate), which implies a deep, intuitive understanding rather than mere intellectual awareness. In the context of John 13, Jesus has just demonstrated servanthood by washing His disciples' feet. This knowledge is not just about understanding the act but grasping the profound spiritual truth behind it. In a conservative Christian perspective, this emphasizes the importance of internalizing Christ's teachings, moving beyond surface-level comprehension to a heart-level transformation. these things you will be blessed if you do them The second clause makes their blessedness depend upon their combining action with knowledge. They had known the truth before, but their knowledge had not profited them, and they needed on this very day to be taught them again. Verse 17. - If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. Knowing and doing are often perilously divorced (cf. Matthew 7:21, etc.; Luke 6:46; Luke 12:47; and James 1:25). The sublime principle by itself may be something, but if it be never put into practice, the last great beatitude is forfeited. Mere admiration of an ethical or a Christian principle degenerating into a heartless and fruitless ceremony is hardening to the heart and deadening to the conscience. The same truths had been taught independently of parable and symbol, in Matthew 23:8-12; Matthew 20:28.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Ifεἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. you know οἴδατε (oidate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. these things, ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. you will be ἐστε (este) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. blessed μακάριοί (makarioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3107: Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off. if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. you do ποιῆτε (poiēte) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. them. αὐτά (auta) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Links John 13:17 NIVJohn 13:17 NLT John 13:17 ESV John 13:17 NASB John 13:17 KJV John 13:17 BibleApps.com John 13:17 Biblia Paralela John 13:17 Chinese Bible John 13:17 French Bible John 13:17 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: John 13:17 If you know these things blessed (Jhn Jo Jn) |
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