But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
- KJV But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
- NKJV but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”
- NASB but if I do them, even 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.”
- NLT But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
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Even if they will not believe Him, Jesus urges them to believe the works, so they may know the Father is in Him and He in the Father. His miracles attest the mutual indwelling of Father and Son.
Overview
Jesus offers His works as a ladder to faith, that they might come to grasp His unity with the Father. The mutual indwelling He describes restates the truth of His deity. He patiently presses them toward belief even amid their hostility.
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- John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
- John 10:25“I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
- John 14:9–11Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
- John 17:21–23that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
- John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
- Acts 4:8–12Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
- John 5:36But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
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