John 3:29

3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

John 5:30

5:30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.


tn Grk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).

tn Grk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”

tn Grk “nothing from myself.”

tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.”

tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.”