John 10:38

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“But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.””

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BSBPD

“But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me <FI>is<Fi> the Father, and I in Him.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 10:38 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  2. John 5:36But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
  3. John 10:25“I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
  4. John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
  5. John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
  6. John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
  7. John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
  8. John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  9. Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
  10. Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

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