Yohanes 3:21

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

tetapi barangsiapa melakukan yang benar, ia datang kepada terang, supaya menjadi nyata, bahwa perbuatan-perbuatannya dilakukan dalam Allah."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
tetapi barangsiapa melakukan yang benar, ia datang kepada terang, supaya menjadi nyata, bahwa perbuatan-perbuatannya dilakukan dalam Allah."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Tetapi orang yang berbuat benar datang kepada terang, supaya nyata segala perbuatannya itu dikerjakan di dalam Allah."

Contextual Overview

¹ There was a man of the pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes. ² The same came to Iesus by night, & said vnto him: Rabbi, we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him. ³ Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne agayne, he can not see the kyngdome of God. ⁴ Nicodemus sayth vnto hym: Howe can a man be borne when he is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne? ⁵ Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God. ⁶ That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite. ⁷ Maruayle not thou that I sayde to thee, ye must be borne agayne. ⁸ The wynde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sounde therof: but canst not tell whence it commeth, and whither it goeth. So is euery one that is borne of the spirite. ⁹ Nicodemus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: howe can these thynges be? ¹⁰ Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Art thou a maister in Israel, and knowest not thesethynges?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he that: John 1:47, John 5:39, Psalms 1:1-3, Psalms 119:80, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 139:23, Psalms 139:24, Isaiah 8:20, Acts 17:11, Acts 17:12, 1 John 1:6

that his: John 15:4, John 15:5, Isaiah 26:12, Hosea 14:8, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 5:23, Galatians 6:8, Ephesians 5:9, Philippians 1:11, Philippians 2:13, Colossians 1:29, Hebrews 13:21, 1 Peter 1:22, 2 Peter 1:5-10, 1 John 2:27-29, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:13, 1 John 4:15, 1 John 4:16, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:2, Revelation 3:15

they are: 3 John 1:11

Reciprocal: Psalms 25:12 - him Psalms 31:19 - wrought Luke 5:17 - that there John 12:36 - believe Ephesians 2:10 - we are Ephesians 5:13 - for 2 Timothy 3:7 - learning

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: We eate of ye fruite of the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:3
But as for the fruite of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde, ye shall not eate of it, neither shal ye touche of it, lest peraduenture ye dye.

Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sowed fygge leaues together, & made them selues apernes.

Isaiah 61:10
And therefore I am ioyfull in the Lorde, and my soule reioyceth in God: For he hath put vpon me the garment of saluation, and couered me with the mantle of righteousnesse: He shal decke me lyke a bridegrome, and as a bride that hath her apparell vpon her.

Romans 3:22
The ryghteousnes of God [commeth] by the fayth of Iesus Christe, vnto all and vpon all them that beleue. There is no difference:

2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, whiche knewe no sinne, that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he that doth truth,.... That which is true, right and good: "he whose work is just", as the Ethiopic version renders it; or, "he that does that which is right", so the Persic; that which is according to the will of God, and from a principle of love to him, and with a view to his glory:

cometh to the light; to Christ, and to his word, and ordinances:

that his deeds may be made manifest; being brought to the light, to the test, and standard, whether they, are right, or wrong; and that it may appear,

that they are wrought in God; or "by God"; by his assistance, and gracious influence, without which men can do nothing; for it is God that works in them both to will and to do: or, "according to God", as others render it; according to the will of God, both for matter and manner: or "for God", as the Ethiopic version renders it; for the glory of God, which ought to be the aim, and end of every action. The Persic version reads the whole thus, "that the work which is between God and him may be known"; that such deeds may be discovered, which are only known to God and himself.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are that doeth truth - He who does right, or he that obeys the truth. Truth here is opposed to error and to evil. The sinner acts from falsehood and error. The good man acts according to truth. The sinner believes a lie - that God will not punish, or that there is no God, or that there is no eternity and no hell. The Christian believes all these, and acts as if they were true. This is the difference between a Christian and a sinner.

Cometh to the light - Loves the truth, and seeks it more and more. By prayer and searching the Scriptures he endeavors to ascertain the truth, and yield his mind to it.

May be made manifest - May be made clear or plain; or that it may be made plain that his deeds are performed in God. He searches for truth and light that he may have evidence that his actions are right.

Wrought in God - That they are performed according to the will of God, or perhaps by the assistance of God, and are such as God will approve. The actions of good people are performed by the influence and aid of God, Philippians 2:12. Of course, if they are performed by his aid, they are such as he will approve. Here is presented the character of a good man and a sincere Christian. We learn respecting that character:

1. He does truth. He loves it, seeks it, follows it.
2. He comes to the light. He does not attempt to deceive himself or others.
3. He is willing to know himself, and aims to do it. He desires to know the true state of his heart before God.
4. A special object of his efforts is that his deeds may be “wrought in God.” He desires to be a good man; to receive continual aid from God, and to perform such actions as he will approve.

This is the close of our Lord’s discourse with Nicodemus - a discourse condensing the gospel, giving the most striking exhibition and illustration of truth, and representing especially the fundamental doctrine of regeneration and the evidence of the change. It is clear that the Saviour regarded this as lying at the foundation of religion. Without it we cannot possibly be saved. And now it becomes every reader, as in the presence of God, and in view of the judgment-seat of Christ, solemnly to ask himself whether he has experienced this change? whether he knows by experience what it is to be born of that Spirit? If he does he will be saved. If not, he is in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity, and should give no sleep to his eyes until he has made his peace with God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 3:21. Wrought in God. — In his presence, and through his assistance. This is the end of our Lord's discourse to Nicodemus; and though we are not informed here of any good effects produced by it, yet we learn from other scriptures that it had produced the most blessed effects in his mind, and that from this time he became a disciple of Christ. He publicly defended our Lord in the Sanhedrin, of which he was probably a member, John 7:50, and, with Joseph of Arimathea, gave him an honourable funeral, John 19:39, when all his bosom friends had deserted him. See Dodd.