Thematic Bible: Declared his doctrine to be that of the father


Thematic Bible




Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.



No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.


Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.


He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.

For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it. And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.



Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain