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San Juan 13:17
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Si sabéis esto, seréis felices si lo practicáis.
Si sab�is estas cosas, bienaventurados ser�is, si las hiciereis.
Si sab�is estas cosas, bienaventurados ser�is, si las hiciereis.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
happy: John 15:14, Genesis 6:22, Exodus 40:16, Psalms 19:11, Psalms 119:1-5, Ezekiel 36:27, Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:25, Matthew 12:50, Matthew 22:38-41, Luke 12:47, Luke 12:48, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Galatians 5:6, Hebrews 11:7, Hebrews 11:8, James 1:25, James 2:20-24, James 4:17, Revelation 22:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 7:5 - all that Exodus 12:50 - as the Lord Leviticus 20:8 - And ye Deuteronomy 11:27 - General Joshua 1:8 - observe 1 Kings 13:9 - For 1 Chronicles 14:16 - did as God Ezra 7:10 - to do it Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 15:5 - He that doeth Psalms 106:3 - Blessed Psalms 111:10 - do his commandments Psalms 119:48 - unto thy Proverbs 29:18 - but Isaiah 56:2 - Blessed Jeremiah 6:16 - and walk Jeremiah 11:6 - Hear Ezekiel 18:11 - that Ezekiel 43:11 - and do Daniel 5:22 - though Matthew 11:29 - my Luke 6:47 - doeth Luke 8:21 - which Luke 11:28 - General Romans 2:18 - knowest Philippians 4:9 - do Hebrews 10:26 - after James 1:22 - be
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If ye know these things,.... The duties they owed to him, and one another; those kind offices of love and respect to each other; the humility, condescension, and brotherly love, which ought to be in them, and of which he had given them an example:
happy are ye if ye do them; for the bare theory, or a mere speculative knowledge of these things, is not sufficient; not he that knows and does not, but he that knows and does his master's will, is blessed; he is blessed with communion with his Lord, and shall hereafter enter into his joy, with "well done good and faithful servant". There is an happiness "in" doing well, and which follows "on" it, though not "for" it, in a way of merit; on the other hand, persons who know and do not, are very unhappy; the Jews have a saying a,
"twvel alv dmlhv, "he that learns but not to do", it would have been better for him, if he had never been created; and says R. Jochanan, he that learns but not to do, it would have been better for him if his secundine had been turned upon his face, and he had never come into the world.''
a Hieros. Beracot, fol. 3. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The servant is not ... - This was universally true, and this they were to remember always, that they were to manifest the same spirit that he did, and that they were to expect the same treatment from the world. See the notes at Matthew 10:24-25.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 13:17. If ye know these things, happy, c.] True happiness consists in the knowledge of God, and in obedience to him. A man is not happy because he knows much but because he receives much of the Divine nature, and is, in all his conduct, conformed to the Divine will. "They who have read many books (says Menu) are more exalted than such as have seldom studied; they who retain what they have read, than forgetful readers; they who fully understand, than such as only remember; and they who perform their known duty, than such as barely know it. Sacred knowledge and devotedness to God are the means by which a man can arrive at beatitude." See Institutes of MENU, c. xii. Inst. 103, 104. For a heathen this saying is very remarkable.
