John 7:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς, πότερον ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ.

Transliteration

If anyone thelē the thelēma his poiein, gnōsetai peri the didachēs, whether from the Theou estin, or egō ap' emautou lalō.

Grammar Details

• *thelē*: present subjunctive, 3rd singular - may will/desire
• *thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - will/desire
• *poiein*: present infinitive - to do
• *gnōsetai*: future, 3rd singular - will know
• *peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning
• *didachēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of teaching/doctrine
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *egō*: nominative, 1st singular - I
• *ap'*: preposition + genitive - from
• *emautou*: genitive, masculine, singular - myself
• *lalō*: present indicative, 1st singular - speak

Word Meanings

• *thelē*: desires/wills/wishes
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose
• *poiein*: to do/perform/practice
• *gnōsetai*: will know/understand/recognize
• *didachēs*: teaching/doctrine/instruction
• *Theou*: God/deity
• *lalō*: speak/talk/tell

Referenced Verses

• John 8:31-32 : 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
• John 8:43 : 43 Why {G5101} do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot {G1410} hear my word.
• Phil 3:15-16 : 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal {G2532} unto you: 16 only, {G3739} whereunto we have attained, by that same [rule] let us {G5426} walk.
• Acts 11:13-14 : 13 and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, {G846} Send {G435} to Joppa, and fetch Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14 who shall speak unto thee words, whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
• John 8:47 : 47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
• Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
• Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
• Ps 119:101-102 : 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word. 102 I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein].
• Jer 31:33-34 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
• Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
• Ps 25:14 : 14 The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
• Matt 6:22 : 22 The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures {G2596} daily, whether these things were so.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• John 1:46-49 : 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before {G3588} Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered {G2532} {G3004} him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
• Acts 10:1-6 : 1 Now [there] [was] a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band], 2 a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. 3 He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius. 4 And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and fetch one Simon, who is surnamed Peter: 6 he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.