John 13:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”
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BSBPD
“If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 13:17 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Exodus 40:16Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Psalms 19:11By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
- Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
- Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
- Matthew 22:38This is the first and greatest commandment.
- Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Luke 12:47That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
- Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- James 1:25But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- James 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
- James 4:17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
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