John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
John 13:17 in other translations
| BSB | If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. |
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| WEB | If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. |
| ASV | If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. |
| YLT | if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them; |
| DARBY | If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them. |
| BBE | If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them. |
| Webster | If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. |
What does John 13:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 13:16-17
16-17. The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Mt 10:24, &c.). If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them--a hint that even among real Christians the doing of such things would come lamentably short of the knowing.
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 13:1-17
Our Lord Jesus has a people in the world that are his own; he has purchased them, and paid dear for them, and he has set them apart for himself; they devote themselves to him as a peculiar people. Those whom Christ loves, he loves to the end. Nothing can separate a true believer from the love of Christ. We know not when our hour will come, therefore what we have to do in constant preparation for it, ought never to…
John 13:17 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 13:17
- Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- James 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- Matthew 7:24-25
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
- Luke 12:47-48
And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
- Exodus 40:16
Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.
- Psalms 19:11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
- Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
- James 2:20-24
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. …
- Hebrews 11:7-8
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Psalms 119:1-5
א ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. …
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Context
- John 13:16
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
- John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
- John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
John 13:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si sabéis estas cosas, bienaventurados seréis, si las hiciereis. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si vous savez ces choses, vous êtes bienheureux si vous les faites. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ihr dies wisset, glückselig seid ihr, wenn ihr es tut. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si hæc scitis, beati eritis si feceritis ea. |