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|For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
|For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
|Because I do not speak from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a command in which He told me what I should say.
|Because I do not speak from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a rule in which He told me what I should say.
|The contrast here is not the content of Jesus' words (as in, "I'm not talking about myself, but about the Father"), but the source of the words. Jesus' words do not come from HIM, but rather, His words are the ones that the Father told Him to say.
|The contrast here is not the content of Jesus' words (as in, "I'm not talking about myself, but about the Father"), but the source of the words. Jesus' words do not come from HIM, but rather, His words are the ones that the Father told Him to say.
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|And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
|And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
|I know that this command of His is life everlasting; therefore, you can be sure that whatever I say, that is what the Father has said to me.
|I know that this rule of His is life everlasting; therefore, you can be sure that whatever I say, that is what the Father has said to me.
|The point here is that the Father gave Jesus a command to ONLY speak the words from the Father, a command which Jesus will obey, and this command means that all of Jesus' words are from the Father, and thus, all of them contain everlasting life.
|The point here is that the Father gave Jesus a command or rule to ONLY speak the words from the Father, a command which Jesus will obey, and this command means that all of Jesus' words are from the Father, and thus, all of them contain everlasting life. Decided to use "rule" instead of "command," as a command sometimes carries the idea that the person "needs" to be commanded, or they would do their own thing. This was not the case with Jesus.
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