37
IfεἰI am notοὐdoingποιῶthe worksτὰ ἔργαof my Father,τοῦ πατρός μουdo notμὴbelieveπιστεύετέme;μοι
John 10:37
Study it in the app“If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me;”
With the Greek beneath
John 10:37, word by word
- doingποιῶpoiō
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiō” appears- the worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- of my Fatherπατρόςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears- believeπιστεύετέpisteuete
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuete” appears
The context
36do you say of the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
37 · This verse (above)
38but if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and keep on knowing that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
To study John 10 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd.” What does the good shepherd do for the sheep, and how is he different from the hired hand? (vv. 11-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says the sheep hear his voice and he knows them (vv. 3-4, 27). What kind of relationship does that show between him and those who follow him?
3. How I live it
Jesus says he came so that they may have life in abundance (v. 10). In what part of your life do you need to hear his voice today?