John 14 Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye beleeue in God, beleeue also in me.
1 “Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
1 Μὴ ταρασσέσθω ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία· πιστεύετε εἰς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ πιστεύετε.
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.
2 In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
2 ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν· εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν· πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν·
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.
3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
3 καὶ ἐὰν πορευθῶ καὶ ἑτοιμάσω ὑμῖν τόπον, πάλιν ἔρχομαι καὶ παραλήψομαι ὑμᾶς πρὸς ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἦτε.
4 And whither I go, ye know, and the way ye knowe.
4 You know where I go, and you know the way.”
4 καὶ ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω οἴδατε, καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν οἴδατε.
5 Thomas sayd vnto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest: how can we then know ye way?
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
5 Λέγει αὐτῷ Θωμᾶς· Κύριε, οὐκ οἴδαμεν ποῦ ὑπάγεις· καὶ πῶς δυνάμεθα τὴν ὁδὸν εἰδέναι;
6 Iesus sayd vnto him, I am that Way, and that Trueth, and that Life. No man commeth vnto the Father, but by me.
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
6 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή· οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ δι᾽ ἐμοῦ.
7 If ye had knowen mee, ye should haue knowen my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and haue seene him.
7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.”
7 εἰ ἐγνώκειτέ με, καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου ἐγνώκειτε ἄν. καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι γινώσκετε αὐτὸν καὶ ἑωράκατε αὐτόν.
8 Philippe sayd vnto him, Lord, shewe vs thy Father, and it sufficeth vs.
8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
8 Λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος· Κύριε, δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν.
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?
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
9 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· τοσοῦτον χρόνον μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωκάς με, Φίλιππε; ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ ἑώρακε τὸν πατέρα· καὶ πῶς σὺ λέγεις, δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν πατέρα;
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.
10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
10 οὐ πιστεύεις ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστι; τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῶ ὑμῖν, ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ λαλῶ· ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ὁ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένων αὐτὸς ποιεῖ τὰ ἔργα.
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.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
11 πιστεύετέ μοι ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί· εἰ δὲ μή, διὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτὰ πιστεύετέ μοι.
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.
12 Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
12 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ κἀκεῖνος ποιήσει, καὶ μείζονα τούτων ποιήσει, ὅτι ἐγὼ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου πορεύομαι,
13 And whatsoeuer ye aske in my Name, that will I doe, that the Father may be glorified in the Sonne.
13 Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
13 καὶ ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, τοῦτο ποιήσω, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ.
14 If ye shall aske any thing in my Name, I will doe it.
14 If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
14 ἐάν τι αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐγὼ ποιήσω.
15 If ye loue me, keepe my comandements,
15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
15 Ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ με, τὰς ἐντολὰς τὰς ἐμὰς τηρήσατε,
16 And I wil pray the Father, and he shall giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer,
16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:
16 καὶ ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἄλλον παράκλητον δώσει ὑμῖν, ἵνα μένῃ μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
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.
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
17 τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ ὁ κόσμος οὐ δύναται λαβεῖν, ὅτι οὐ θεωρεῖ αὐτὸ οὐδὲ γινώσκει αὐτό· ὑμεῖς δὲ γινώσκετε αὐτό, ὅτι παρ᾽ ὑμῖν μένει καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται.
18 I will not leaue you fatherles: but I will come to you.
18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
18 οὐκ ἀφήσω ὑμᾶς ὀρφανούς· ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
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.
19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
19 ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ ὁ κόσμος με οὐκέτι θεωρεῖ, ὑμεῖς δὲ θεωρεῖτέ με, ὅτι ἐγὼ ζῶ καὶ ὑμεῖς ζήσεσθε.
20 At that day shall ye knowe that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
20 ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ γνώσεσθε ὑμεῖς ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρί μου καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν ἐμοὶ κἀγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν.
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.
21 One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
21 ὁ ἔχων τὰς ἐντολάς μου καὶ τηρῶν αὐτάς, ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαπῶν με· ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν με ἀγαπηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀγαπήσω αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμφανίσω αὐτῷ ἐμαυτόν.
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?
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
22 Λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰούδας, οὐχ ὁ Ἰσκαριώτης· Κύριε, καὶ τί γέγονεν ὅτι ἡμῖν μέλλεις ἐμφανίζειν σεαυτὸν καὶ οὐχὶ τῷ κόσμῳ;
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.
23 Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
23 ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ με, τὸν λόγον μου τηρήσει, καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν, καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐλευσόμεθα καὶ μονὴν παρ᾽ αὐτῷ ποιήσομεν.
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.
24 He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
24 ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν με τοὺς λόγους μου οὐ τηρεῖ· καὶ ὁ λόγος ὃν ἀκούετε οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμός, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός.
25 These things haue I spoken vnto you, being present with you.
25 “I have said these things to you while still living with you.
25 Ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν μένων·
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.
26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
26 ὁ δὲ παράκλητος, τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ὃ πέμψει ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐκεῖνος ὑμᾶς διδάξει πάντα καὶ ὑπομνήσει ὑμᾶς πάντα ἃ εἶπον ὑμῖν.
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.
27 Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
27 Εἰρήνην ἀφίημι ὑμῖν, εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν· οὐ καθὼς ὁ κόσμος δίδωσιν, ἐγὼ δίδωμι ὑμῖν. μὴ ταρασσέσθω ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία μηδὲ δειλιάτω.
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.
28 You heard how I told you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.
28 ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν, ὑπάγω καὶ ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς· εἰ ἠγαπᾶτέ με, ἐχάρητε ἂν ὅτι εἶπον, πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα· ὅτι ὁ πατήρ μου μείζων μού ἐστι·
29 And nowe haue I spoken vnto you, before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue.
29 Now I have told you before it happens so that when it happens, you may believe.
29 καὶ νῦν εἴρηκα ὑμῖν πρὶν γενέσθαι, ἵνα ὅταν γένηται πιστεύσητε.
30 Hereafter will I not speake many things vnto you: for the prince of this world commeth, and hath nought in me.
30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
30 οὐκέτι πολλὰ λαλήσω μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν· ἔρχεται γὰρ ὁ τοῦ κόσμου ἄρχων, καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἔχει οὐδέν·
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.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let’s go from here.
31 ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα γνῷ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι ἀγαπῶ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ καθὼς ἐνετείλατό μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὕτω ποιῶ. ἐγείρεσθε, ἄγωμεν ἐντεῦθεν.
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- 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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