Do you notοὐbelieveπιστεύειςthatὅτιIἐγὼamἐστινinἐνthe Fatherτῷ πατρὶandκαὶthe Fatherὁ πατὴρinἐνme?ἐμοίThe wordsτὰ ῥήματαthatἃIἐγὼsayλέγωto youὑμῖνI do notοὐspeakλαλῶonἀπ’my own;ἐμαυτοῦbutδὲthe Fatherὁ πατὴρwho remainsμένωνinἐνmeἐμοὶdoesποιεῖhis works.τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ
John 14:10
Study it in the app“Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who remains in me does his works.”
With the Greek beneath
John 14:10, word by word
- believeπιστεύειςpisteueis
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteueis” appears- amἐστινestin
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estin” appears- the Fatherπατρὶpatri
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patri” appears- The wordsῥήματαrhēmata
word
What comes out of someone's mouth: a saying, a sentence, a message.
Where else “rhēmata” appears- sayλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- speakλαλῶlalō
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalō” appears- my ownἐμαυτοῦemautou
myself
Myself.
Where else “emautou” appears- who remainsμένωνmenōn
remain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “menōn” appears- doesποιεῖpoiei
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiei” appears- his worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears
The context
9Jesus says to him, “Have I been with you so long and you do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 · This verse (above)
11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe because of the works themselves.
To study John 14 in a group
1. What it says
Thomas asks how to know the way, and Philip asks to see the Father. What does Jesus answer each of them? (vv. 5-11)
2. What it means
Jesus promises another Advocate, the Spirit of truth, and leaves his peace (vv. 16-17, 26-27). What does he say the Advocate will do?
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid” (v. 27). What troubles you today, and how could you place it in his hands?