Bible Strands
John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus answers Philip's request to "show us the Father" (14:9) with a claim of mutual indwelling.
The words — ἐν (en), "in," is the structural pivot: the entire claim rests on reciprocal indwelling, not merely association.
The thread — John 5:19 states the Son does nothing unless he sees the Father doing it; John 10:38 and Acts 10:38 ground the claim in the works themselves.
Why it lands — It asks the reader to accept a relational claim (mutual indwelling) on the evidence of observed works, not on independent proof.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Cross-references
- John 5:19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
- John 10:38 But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
- Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- John 8:28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
- John 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
- John 12:49 I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
- John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- Colossians 2:9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
- John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
- John 17:8 For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.