John 7:16-18

7:16 So Jesus replied, ¹  “My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me. ²  7:17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, ³  he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. ⁴  7:18 The person who speaks on his own authority ⁵  desires ⁶  to receive honor ⁷  for himself; the one who desires ⁸  the honor ⁹  of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, ¹⁰  and there is no unrighteousness in him.

[7:16]  ¹ tn Grk “So Jesus answered and said to them.”

[7:16]  ² tn The phrase “the one who sent me” refers to God.

[7:17]  ³ tn Grk “his will.”

[7:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “or whether I speak from myself.”

[7:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “who speaks from himself.”

[7:18]  ⁶ tn Or “seeks.”

[7:18]  ⁷ tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”

[7:18]  ⁸ tn Or “seeks.”

[7:18]  ⁹ tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”

[7:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “is truthful”; Grk “is true.”