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King James Bible - John 14:11

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:11

Creedme que yo soy en el Padre, y el Padre en mí; de otra manera, creedme por las mismas obras.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 11. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me , etc.] Take my word for the truth of this; you may assure yourselves that nothing is more certain; but if you will not believe upon my saying so, either believe for the sake of the doctrines I have preached unto you, which are such as never any mere man spoke, and which have been delivered in such a manner, and with such authority, as never were by man. Some copies read, by way of interrogation, and so the Ethiopic version; and the Vulgate Latin version reads, �believe ye not?� or else believe me for the very work�s sake : meaning his miraculous works, such as raising the dead, cleansing the lepers, causing the deaf to hear, and giving sight to the blind; and which were such as none but a divine person could ever perform.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 1-11 - Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Le your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. Howeve others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be no you so. Christ's disciples, more than others, should keep their mind quiet, when everything else is unquiet. Here is the remedy against thi trouble of mind, "Believe." By believing in Christ as the Mediato between God and man, we gain comfort. The happiness of heaven is spoke of as in a father's house. There are many mansions, for there are man sons to be brought to glory. Mansions are lasting dwellings. Chris will be the Finisher of that of which he is the Author or Beginner; i he have prepared the place for us, he will prepare us for it. Christ is the sinner's Way to the Father and to heaven, in his person as God manifest in the flesh, in his atoning sacrifice, and as our Advocate He is the Truth, as fulfilling all the prophecies of a Saviour believing which, sinners come by him the Way. He is the Life, by whose life-giving Spirit the dead in sin are quickened. Nor can any man dra nigh God as a Father, who is not quickened by Him as the Life, an taught by Him as the Truth, to come by Him as the Way. By Christ, a the Way, our prayers go to God, and his blessings come to us; this is the Way that leads to rest, the good old Way. He is the Resurrectio and the Life. All that saw Christ by faith, saw the Father in Him. I the light of Christ's doctrine, they saw God as the Father of lights and in Christ's miracles, they saw God as the God of power. The holiness of God shone in the spotless purity of Christ's life. We ar to believe the revelation of God to man in Christ; for the works of the Redeemer show forth his own glory, and God in him.

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Greek Textus Receptus

πιστευετε 4100 5720 V-PAM-2P μοι 3427 P-1DS οτι 3754 CONJ εγω 1473 P-1NS εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSM πατρι 3962 N-DSM και 2532 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM πατηρ 3962 N-NSM εν 1722 PREP εμοι 1698 P-1DS ει 1487 COND δε 1161 CONJ μη 3361 PRT-N δια 1223 PREP τα 3588 T-APN εργα 2041 N-APN αυτα 846 P-APN πιστευετε 4100 5720 V-PAM-2P μοι 3427 P-1DS

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Vincent's NT Word Studies

11. Believe me (pisteuete moi). The plural of the imperative: "believe ye me." Compare believest thou, ver. 10. These words are addressed to the disciples collectively, whose thought Philip had voiced.

Or else (ei de mh). Literally, but if not. If you do not believe on the authority of my personal statement.

For the very works' sake (dia ta erga auta). Literally, on account of the works themselves, irrespective of my oral testimony.