John 7:17-18 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

¹⁷If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

¹⁸He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

— John 7:17-18

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