John 14:11 Parallel Translations

Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of the things I do.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

ASV:

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works'sake.

BBE:

Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.

DBY:

Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; but if not, believe me for the works' sake themselves.

ERV:

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

WEY:

Believe me, all of you, that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me; or at any rate, believe me because of what I do.

WBS:

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

WEB:

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.

YLT:

believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and if not, because of the works themselves, believe me.

John 14:11 Cross References

XREF:

John 5:36 "But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish-- the very works that I do-- testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

John 10:38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

John 14:10 "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

John 14:20 "In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

14:11 Believe me - On my own word, because I am God. The works - This respects not merely the miracles themselves, but his sovereign, Godlike way of performing them.

MHC:

14:1-11 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, should keep their minds quiet, when everything else is unquiet. Here is the remedy against this trouble of mind, Believe. By believing in Christ as the Mediator between God and man, we gain comfort. The happiness of heaven is spoken of as in a father's house. There are many mansions, for there are many sons to be brought to glory. Mansions are lasting dwellings. Christ will be the Finisher of that of which he is the Author or Beginner; if he have prepared the place for us, he will prepare us for it. Christ is the sinner's Way to the Father and to heaven, in his person as God manifest in the flesh, in his atoning sacrifice, and as our Advocate. He is the Truth, as fulfilling all the prophecies of a Saviour; believing which, sinners come by him the Way. He is the Life, by whose life-giving Spirit the dead in sin are quickened. Nor can any man draw nigh God as a Father, who is not quickened by Him as the Life, and taught by Him as the Truth, to come by Him as the Way. By Christ, as the Way, our prayers go to God, and his blessings come to us; this is the Way that leads to rest, the good old Way. He is the Resurrection and the Life. All that saw Christ by faith, saw the Father in Him. In the light of Christ's doctrine, they saw God as the Father of lights; and in Christ's miracles, they saw God as the God of power. The holiness of God shone in the spotless purity of Christ's life. We are to believe the revelation of God to man in Christ; for the works of the Redeemer show forth his own glory, and God in him.

CONC:

Believe Evidence Faith Least Miracles Otherwise Rate Sake Themselves Works

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