1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye beleeue in God, beleeue also in me. 2 In my Fathers house are many dwelling places: if it were not so, I would haue tolde you: I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go to prepare a place for you, I wil come againe, and receiue you vnto my selfe, that where I am, there may ye be also. 4 And whither I go, ye know, and the way ye knowe. 5 Thomas sayd vnto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest: how can we then know ye way? 6 Iesus sayd vnto him, I am that Way, and that Trueth, and that Life. No man commeth vnto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had knowen mee, ye should haue knowen my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and haue seene him. 8 Philippe sayd vnto him, Lord, shewe vs thy Father, and it sufficeth vs. 9 Iesus sayd vnto him, I haue bene so long time with you, and hast thou not knowen mee, Philippe? he that hath seene me, hath seene my Father: how then sayest thou, Shewe vs thy Father? 10 Beleeuest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my selfe: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the workes. 11 Beleeue me, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me: at the least, beleeue me for the very workes sake. 12 Verely, verely I say vnto you, he that beleeueth in me, the workes that I doe, hee shall doe also, and greater then these shall he doe: for I goe vnto my Father. 13 And whatsoeuer ye aske in my Name, that will I doe, that the Father may be glorified in the Sonne. 14 If ye shall aske any thing in my Name, I will doe it. 15 If ye loue me, keepe my comandements, 16 And I wil pray the Father, and he shall giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer, 17 Euen the Spirit of trueth, whome the world can not receiue, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye knowe him: for he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you. 18 I will not leaue you fatherles: but I will come to you. 19 Yet a litle while, and the world shall see me no more, but ye shall see me: because I liue, ye shall liue also. 20 At that day shall ye knowe that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandements, and keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, and wil shewe mine owne selfe to him. 22 Iudas sayd vnto him (not Iscariot) Lord, what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy selfe vnto vs, and not vnto the world? 23 Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, If any man loue me, he will keepe my worde, and my Father will loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wil dwell with him. 24 He that loueth me not, keepeth not my wordes, and the worde which ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me. 25 These things haue I spoken vnto you, being present with you. 26 But the Comforter, which is the holy Ghost, whom the Father wil send in my Name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, which I haue tolde you. 27 Peace I leaue with you: my peace I giue vnto you: not as the worlde giueth, giue I vnto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor feare. 28 Ye haue heard howe I saide vnto you, I goe away, and will come vnto you. If ye loued me, ye would verely reioyce, because I said, I goe vnto the Father: for the Father is greater then I. 29 And nowe haue I spoken vnto you, before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue. 30 Hereafter will I not speake many things vnto you: for the prince of this world commeth, and hath nought in me. 31 But it is that the world may knowe that I loue my Father: and as the Father hath commanded me, so I doe. Arise, let vs goe hence.
John 14 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 26:3; John 16:22–23; Isaiah 12:2–3; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; John 14:27–28
- 2 2 Corinthians 5:1; John 13:36; Hebrews 13:14; Revelation 21:2; Hebrews 11:10
- 3 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17; John 12:26; 2 Timothy 2:12; Acts 1:11; Hebrews 9:28
- 4 John 10:9; John 16:28; John 6:68–69; John 6:40; Luke 24:26
- 5 John 11:16; Mark 9:19; John 20:25–28; Mark 8:17–18; Luke 24:25
- 6 Acts 4:12; John 10:9; Ephesians 2:18; John 11:25–26; John 1:4
- 7 Colossians 1:15–17; John 8:19; Luke 10:22; John 17:8; John 17:6
- 8 Exodus 33:18–23; Revelation 22:3–5; John 1:43–46; John 16:25; Psalm 17:15
- 9 Colossians 1:15; John 12:45; John 14:7; Hebrews 1:3; John 10:30
- 10 John 5:19; John 10:38; Acts 10:38; John 8:28; John 10:30
- 11 John 10:25; John 10:38; John 5:36; John 14:10; Acts 2:22
- 12 Matthew 21:21; Mark 16:17; Luke 10:17–19; Acts 16:18; Acts 19:12
- 13 John 15:7; Mark 11:24; Matthew 7:7; Matthew 21:22; 1 John 5:14
- 15 1 John 2:3–5; 1 John 5:2–3; John 14:21–24; 2 John 6; John 15:10–14
- 16 John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:7–15; Romans 15:13; Romans 8:26–27
- 17 Ezekiel 36:27; John 16:13; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 4:6; John 15:26
- 18 John 14:3; Psalm 23:4; John 14:27–28; John 14:16; Matthew 18:20
- 19 John 16:16; John 7:33; John 6:56–58; Hebrews 7:25; Colossians 3:3–4
- 20 John 15:5–7; Galatians 2:20; John 17:21–23; John 17:26; John 14:10
- 21 John 14:15; 1 John 5:3; 1 John 2:5; 2 John 6; John 15:9–10
- 22 Acts 1:13; Luke 6:16; Acts 10:40–41; Matthew 10:3; John 3:4
- 23 John 14:21; John 14:15; Revelation 3:20–21; 1 John 4:15–16; 1 John 2:24
- 24 John 7:16; John 14:10; John 5:19; John 3:34; John 8:42
- 25 John 17:6–8; John 13:19; John 16:1–4; John 16:12; John 14:29
- 26 John 15:26; John 14:16; 1 Corinthians 2:10–13; 1 John 2:27; John 16:7
- 27 Philippians 4:7; John 16:33; Isaiah 41:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; Colossians 3:15
- 28 John 10:29–30; 1 Corinthians 15:24–28; 1 Corinthians 11:3; John 13:16; Philippians 2:6–11
- 29 John 13:19; John 16:4–31; Matthew 24:24–25
- 30 1 John 5:19; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 12:9; Ephesians 6:12; John 12:31
- 31 John 12:49; John 10:18; Luke 12:50; Philippians 2:8; John 4:34
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Amongst other things, when the Holy Gospel was being read, ye heard what the Lord Jesus said, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life." Truth and life doth every man desire; but not every man doth find the way.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
We have now the opportunity, dearly, beloved, as far as we can, of understanding the earlier words of the Lord from the later, and His previous statements by those that follow, in what you have heard was His answer to the question of the Apostle Thomas.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
The Prophet said to the Jews, "Thou hadst the countenance of a harlot, thou wert shameless towards all men." ( Jer. iii. 3, LXX.) Now it seems fitting to use this expression not only against that city, but against all who shamelessly set their faces against the truth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… He might come under the apprehension of man's senses, and having in Himself these six and twenty-four letters), then, becoming acquainted with Him, they ceased from their ignorance, and passed from death unto life, this name serving as their guide to the Father of truth. For the Father of all had resolved to put an end to ignorance, and to …
… strength sufficient to enjoy Thee; but I found it not until I embraced that "Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus," "who is over all, God blessed for ever," calling unto me, and saying, "I am the way, the truth, and the life," and mingling that food which I was unable to receive with our flesh.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)