Discovery BoxJohn 7:16-18 
Context7:16 So Jesus replied, 1 “My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me. 2 7:17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, 3 he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. 4 7:18 The person who speaks on his own authority 5 desires 6 to receive honor 7 for himself; the one who desires 8 the honor 9 of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, 10 and there is no unrighteousness in him.
1 tn Grk “So Jesus answered and said to them.”
2 tn The phrase “the one who sent me” refers to God.
3 tn Grk “his will.”
4 tn Grk “or whether I speak from myself.”
5 tn Grk “who speaks from himself.”
6 tn Or “seeks.”
7 tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”
8 tn Or “seeks.”
9 tn Or “praise”; Grk “glory.”
10 tn Or “is truthful”; Grk “is true.”
