John 10:37

37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.

John 10:37 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
English Standard Version (ESV)
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
New Living Translation (NLT)
37 Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.
The Message Bible (MSG)
37 If I don't do the things my Father does, well and good; don't believe me.
American Standard Version (ASV)
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
37 If I'm not doing the things my Father does, don't believe me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
37 If I am not doing My Father's works, don't believe Me.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
37 "Don't believe me unless I do what my Father does.

John 10:37 Meaning and Commentary

John 10:37

If I do not the works of my Father
Not only what the Father had given him to finish, and which he wrought by him as man, but such as were as great as the Father had done, and were equal to them; and which could not be done by any, but by the Father, or by one that is equal with him:

believe me not:
Christ appeals to his miracles as proofs of his deity, sonship, and Messiahship, and desires no other credit than what they demand; see ( Matthew 11:3-5 ) ( John 5:36 ) .

John 10:37 In-Context

35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—
36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?
37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.
38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 25; John 15:24
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