Personal bible study gospel of John

 

I am now doing a personal bible study with the various messages that are shared mostly by Jesus in the gospel of John to Nicodemus, the Jews, and then His disciples, with many powerful teachings for all of us to both find salvation and or grow in faith with the Lord Jesus

John chapter 3 states that we must all be born again to see the kingdom of God and heaven, and also God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life in Him all in the powerful discussion between Jesus and Nicodemus, who came to Jesus at night to question Him on things

(John 3:1)  Now there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

 

(John 3:2)  This man came to Him by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."

 

(John 3:3)  Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

 

(John 3:4)  Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born, being old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

 

(John 3:5)  Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless someone is born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

 

(John 3:6)  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

 

(John 3:7)  Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

 

(John 3:8)  "The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its sound, but you do not know from where it comes and where it goes. So is everyone who has been born of the Spirit."

 

(John 3:9)  Nicodemus answered and said to Him, "How can these things be?"

 

(John 3:10)  Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

 

(John 3:11)  Most assuredly I say to you, that which We know, We speak, and that which We have seen, We bear witness to, and you do not receive Our witness.

 

(John 3:12)  If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

 

(John 3:13)  And no one has gone up into heaven except He who came down out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

 

(John 3:14)  And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

 

(John 3:15)  that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

 

(John 3:16)  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

(John 3:17)  For God did not send His Son into the world so that He might condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

 

(John 3:18)  He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 

(John 3:19)  And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

 

(John 3:20)  For everyone that does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be exposed.

 

(John 3:21)  But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

 

(John 3:22)  After these things Jesus, along with His disciples, came into the land of Judea, and there He was stayed with them and He was baptizing.

 

(John 3:23)  Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salem, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.

 

(John 3:24)  For John was not yet cast into prison.

 

(John 3:25)  Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

 

(John 3:26)  And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, this Man is baptizing, and all men are coming to Him!"

 

(John 3:27)  John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

 

(John 3:28)  You yourselves bear witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'

 

(John 3:29)  "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.

 

(John 3:30)  He must increase, but I must decrease.

 

(John 3:31)  He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

 

(John 3:32)  And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

 

(John 3:33)  He who receives His testimony has certified that God is true.

 

(John 3:34)  For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

 

(John 3:35)  The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.

 

(John 3:36)  He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and he who does not believe the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

 

John chapter 5, after Jesus heals the guy at the pool He explains He can’t do anything without the Father and that all judgment is given to His hands and the power to raise to life.

(John 5:1)  After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

 

(John 5:2)  Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

 

(John 5:3)  In these porches were lying a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

 

(John 5:4)  For an angel from time to time descended into the pool and stirred up the water; therefore the first one having gone in after the stirring up of the water, became well of whatever disease he was suffering.

 

(John 5:5)  Now there was certain man there who had an ailment for thirty-eight years.

 

(John 5:6)  When Jesus saw this man lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you wish to become well?"

 

(John 5:7)  The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I do not have a man, so that whenever the water is stirred up, he may put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another descends before me."

 

(John 5:8)  Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your bed and walk."

 

(John 5:9)  And immediately the man became well, and took up his bed, and began to walk. And that day was the Sabbath.

 

(John 5:10)  Therefore the Jews said to the man who was healed, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

 

(John 5:11)  He answered them, "He that made me whole, He said to me, 'Take up your bed and walk.' "

 

(John 5:12)  Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?"

 

(John 5:13)  But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had turned aside, while a crowd was in that place.

 

(John 5:14)  After these things Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to you."

 

(John 5:15)  The man went away and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the One who had made him well.

 

(John 5:16)  And on account of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, and were seeking to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

 

(John 5:17)  But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I am working."

 

(John 5:18)  Because of this the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but also He called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

 

(John 5:19)  Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

 

(John 5:20)  For the Father loves the Son, and shows to Him all things which He Himself does; and greater works than these He will show Him, so that you may marvel.

 

(John 5:21)  For as the Father raises up the dead and gives life, thus also the Son gives life to whom He wills.

 

(John 5:22)  For the Father judges no one, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

 

(John 5:23)  so that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

 

(John 5:24)  "Most assuredly I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

 

(John 5:25)  Most assuredly I say to you, that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those having heard shall live.

 

(John 5:26)  For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,

 

(John 5:27)  and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

 

(John 5:28)  Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice

 

(John 5:29)  and shall come forth--those who have done good, to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to a resurrection of condemnation.

 

(John 5:30)  I can of My own self do nothing. Even as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

 

(John 5:31)  "If I testify of Myself, My testimony is not valid.

 

(John 5:32)  There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony which He testifies concerning Me is true.

 

(John 5:33)  You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

 

(John 5:34)  But I do not receive the testimony from man, but these things I say so that you may be saved.

 

(John 5:35)  He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

 

(John 5:36)  But I have a testimony greater than John's; for the works which the Father gave to Me, that I should complete them, these very works which I do, testify of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

 

(John 5:37)  And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.

 

(John 5:38)  But you do not have His word abiding in you, because Him whom He sent, Him you do not believe.

 

(John 5:39)  You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about Me.

 

(John 5:40)  But you are unwilling to come to Me, so that you may have life.

 

(John 5:41)  I do not receive glory from men.

 

(John 5:42)  But I have known you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

 

(John 5:43)  I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

 

(John 5:44)  How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God?

 

(John 5:45)  Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you have hoped.

 

(John 5:46)  For if you believed Moses, you would have believed Me; for he wrote about Me.

 

(John 5:47)  But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"

 

In John chapter 6 Jesus feeds 5000 men with the five loaves of bread and fish and that results in people coming to Him and they hear a very powerful teaching with Jesus proclaiming Himself as the bread of life- and even though some find Jesus words in the chapter too hard for them, but in the end of the chapter, after some left because of Jesus words when asked by Jesus whether the disciples would also leave, Peter knew that Jesus was speaking the words of eternal life (salvation) so I am doing this teaching on this entire chapter.

(John 6:1)  After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, that is, of Tiberias.

 

(John 6:2)  And a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing His signs which He was doing upon those who were sick.

 

(John 6:3)  And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.

 

(John 6:4)  Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

 

(John 6:5)  Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread, that these people may eat?"

 

(John 6:6)  But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He was about to do.

 

(John 6:7)  Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not enough for them, that each of them might receive a little."

 

(John 6:8)  One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

 

(John 6:9)  There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they for so many?"

 

(John 6:10)  Then Jesus said, "Make the people to recline." Now there was much grass in that place. Therefore the men reclined, in number about five thousand.

 

(John 6:11)  And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were reclining; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wished.

 

(John 6:12)  But when they were filled, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, so that nothing may be lost."

 

(John 6:13)  Therefore they gathered them up, and they filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

 

(John 6:14)  Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world."

 

(John 6:15)  Therefore Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and seize Him, that they might make Him king, withdrew to the mountain by Himself.

 

(John 6:16)  Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

 

(John 6:17)  and having entered into the boat, they were going across the sea to Capernaum. And darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come to them.

 

(John 6:18)  And the sea was agitated by a great blowing wind.

 

(John 6:19)  Therefore having rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

 

(John 6:20)  But He said to them, "It is I AM; do not fear."

 

(John 6:21)  Then they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat arrived at the land to which they were going.

 

(John 6:22)  On the next day, when the crowd which had remained on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other boat there, except that one in which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered into the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone--

 

(John 6:23)  however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks--

 

(John 6:24)  when the crowd therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

 

(John 6:25)  And having found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You come here?"

 

(John 6:26)  Jesus answered them and said, "Most assuredly I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate from the loaves and were satisfied.

 

(John 6:27)  Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for upon Him God the Father has set His seal."

 

(John 6:28)  Then they said to Him, "What should we do, that we may work the works of God?"

 

(John 6:29)  Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."

 

(John 6:30)  Therefore they said to Him, "What sign will You do then, so that we may see it and believe You? What work do You perform?

 

(John 6:31)  Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' "

 

(John 6:32)  Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

 

(John 6:33)  For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

 

(John 6:34)  Then they said to Him, "Lord, give us this bread always."

 

(John 6:35)  And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

 

(John 6:36)  But I told you that you have both seen Me and you do not believe.

 

(John 6:37)  All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

 

(John 6:38)  For I have come down from heaven, not that I might do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

 

(John 6:39)  And this is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

 

(John 6:40)  And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

 

(John 6:41)  Therefore the Jews were murmuring about Him, because He said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven."

 

(John 6:42)  And they were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does this Man say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

 

(John 6:43)  Jesus therefore answered and said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.

 

(John 6:44)  No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me should draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

 

(John 6:45)  It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught of God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to Me.

 

(John 6:46)  Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father.

 

(John 6:47)  Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me has eternal life.

 

(John 6:48)  I am the bread of life.

 

(John 6:49)  Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died.

 

(John 6:50)  This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

 

(John 6:51)  I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."

 

(John 6:52)  Therefore the Jews were contending with one another, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?"

 

(John 6:53)  Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

 

(John 6:54)  Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day.

 

(John 6:55)  For My flesh truly is food, and My blood truly is drink.

 

(John 6:56)  He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

 

(John 6:57)  Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

 

(John 6:58)  This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and died. He that eats this bread shall live forever."

 

(John 6:59)  These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

 

(John 6:60)  Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can hear it?"

 

(John 6:61)  And Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were murmuring about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you?

 

(John 6:62)  What then if you should see the Son of Man ascending where He was before?

 

(John 6:63)  It is the Spirit who makes alive; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

 

(John 6:64)  But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who were the ones who did not believe, and who was the one who would betray Him.

 

(John 6:65)  And He said, "Because of this I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father."

 

(John 6:66)  From this time many of His disciples turned back and no longer would walk with Him.

 

(John 6:67)  Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?"

 

(John 6:68)  But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

 

(John 6:69)  Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

 

(John 6:70)  He answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"

 

(John 6:71)  Now He was speaking about Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he was intending to betray Him, though he was one of the twelve.

 

John chapter 10 is where Jesus speaks how He is the door and the good shepherd and His sheep follow Him and how He will give His life for His sheep and give them eternal life.

(John 10:1)  "Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

 

(John 10:2)  But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

 

(John 10:3)  To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and he leads them out.

 

(John 10:4)  And whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

 

(John 10:5)  But they will by no means follow a stranger, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

 

(John 10:6)  This illustration Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

 

(John 10:7)  Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

 

(John 10:8)  All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

 

(John 10:9)  I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

 

(John 10:10)  The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

 

(John 10:11)  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

 

(John 10:12)  But a hired hand, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

 

(John 10:13)  But the hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and is not concerned about the sheep.

 

(John 10:14)  I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and I am known by My own.

 

(John 10:15)  Just as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

 

(John 10:16)  And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

 

(John 10:17)  Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up again.

 

(John 10:18)  No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This command I have received from My Father."

 

(John 10:19)  Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

 

(John 10:20)  And many of them said, "He has a demon and is raving mad. Why do you listen to Him?"

 

(John 10:21)  Others said, "These are not the words of one being demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

 

(John 10:22)  Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

 

(John 10:23)  And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's Porch.

 

(John 10:24)  Then the Jews encircled Him and said to Him, "How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."

 

(John 10:25)  Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, these things testify about Me.

 

(John 10:26)  But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, just as I said to you.

 

(John 10:27)  My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

 

(John 10:28)  And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

 

(John 10:29)  My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.

 

(John 10:30)  I and the Father are one."

 

(John 10:31)  Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

 

(John 10:32)  Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"

 

(John 10:33)  The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God."

 

(John 10:34)  Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?

 

(John 10:35)  If He called those gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

 

(John 10:36)  do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

 

(John 10:37)  If I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

 

(John 10:38)  but if I am doing them, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."

 

(John 10:39)  Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand.

 

(John 10:40)  And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He stayed there.

 

(John 10:41)  And many came to Him and said, "John indeed performed no sign, but everything which John said about this Man was true."

 

(John 10:42)  And many believed in Him there.

 

John chapter 13 is the place where He indeed washed His disciples’ feet as an example to love one another and then He makes that as His commandment that we love one another. Also in the chapter Judas goes out to betray Jesus and Jesus foretells of Peter’s denials of Jesus which will come much later in the book.

(John 13:1)  Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

 

(John 13:2)  And after supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him,

 

(John 13:3)  Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God,

 

(John 13:4)  He rose from the supper and laid aside His garments, and having taken a towel, He girded Himself.

 

(John 13:5)  Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to dry them with the towel with which He was girded.

 

(John 13:6)  Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?"

 

(John 13:7)  Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but you shall know after this."

 

(John 13:8)  Peter said to Him, "You shall never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me."

 

(John 13:9)  Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"

 

(John 13:10)  Jesus said to him, "He that is bathed need only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you."

 

(John 13:11)  For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, "You are not all clean."

 

(John 13:12)  So when He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, He reclined again, and said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?

 

(John 13:13)  You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say correctly, for so I am.

 

(John 13:14)  Therefore if I, your Lord and your Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

 

(John 13:15)  For I gave you an example, that just as I did to you, you also should do.

 

(John 13:16)  Most assuredly I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than he who sent him.

 

(John 13:17)  If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

 

(John 13:18)  I do not speak concerning all of you. I know those whom I chose; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.'

 

(John 13:19)  From now on I tell you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe that I AM.

 

(John 13:20)  Most assuredly I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

 

(John 13:21)  When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in His spirit, and testified and said, "Most assuredly I say to you, one of you will betray Me."

 

(John 13:22)  Therefore the disciples were looking at one another, perplexed about whom He was speaking.

 

(John 13:23)  Now there was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved.

 

(John 13:24)  Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to inquire who it might be about whom He was speaking.

 

(John 13:25)  Then, leaning back thus on Jesus' chest, he said to Him, "Lord, who is it?"

 

(John 13:26)  Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it." And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

 

(John 13:27)  And after the piece of bread, then Satan entered him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."

 

(John 13:28)  But no one reclining at the table knew for what purpose He said this to him.

 

(John 13:29)  For some were thinking, since Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things of which we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

 

(John 13:30)  Therefore having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.

 

(John 13:31)  When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him.

 

(John 13:32)  If God has been glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.

 

(John 13:33)  Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot come,' so now I say to you.

 

(John 13:34)  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

 

(John 13:35)  By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

 

(John 13:36)  Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but later you will follow Me."

 

(John 13:37)  Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for You."

 

(John 13:38)  Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for Me? Most assuredly I say to you, the rooster shall by no means crow till you deny Me three times.

 

In John chapter 14 Jesus makes many promises such as making a place for us in heaven, coming to retrieve us (rapture implied), that we can do all Jesus has done in His ministry  and more and also to ask for He can and will do many things for us as will his Father. He promises the Holy Spirit as well. He does say though that He, Jesus is the only way to the Father (and as a result to heaven). Jesus also promises to give us His peace

(John 14:1)  "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

 

(John 14:2)  In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

 

(John 14:3)  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and I will receive you unto Myself; so that where I am, there you may be also.

 

(John 14:4)  And where I am going you know, and the way you know."

 

(John 14:5)  Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?"

 

(John 14:6)  Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

 

(John 14:7)  "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and you have seen Him."

 

(John 14:8)  Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us."

 

(John 14:9)  Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you for so long a time, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He that has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

 

(John 14:10)  Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words which I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who abides in Me does the works.

 

(John 14:11)  Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me, but if not, believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

 

(John 14:12)  "Most assuredly I say to you, he that believes in Me, the works which I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

 

(John 14:13)  And whatever you may ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

 

(John 14:14)  If you should ask anything in My name, I will do it.

 

(John 14:15)  "If you love Me, keep My commandments.

 

(John 14:16)  And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may abide with you forever,

 

(John 14:17)  the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you.

 

(John 14:18)  I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you.

 

(John 14:19)  "Yet a little while and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.

 

(John 14:20)  In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.

 

(John 14:21)  He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him."

 

(John 14:22)  Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, and what has happened that You are about to manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?"

 

(John 14:23)  Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and we will make Our home with him.

 

(John 14:24)  He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.

 

(John 14:25)  "These things I have spoken to you while I remain.

 

(John 14:26)  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and will remind you of all things which I said to you.

 

(John 14:27)  Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

 

(John 14:28)  You have heard that I said to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.

 

(John 14:29)  And now I have told you before it happens, so that whenever it may happen, you may believe.

 

(John 14:30)  I will no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.

 

(John 14:31)  But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father has charged Me, thus I do. Rise up, let us go from here.

 

In John chapter 15 Jesus gives a powerful teaching stating that He is the vine and we the branches and apart from Him we can do nothing nor bear fruit, yet the Father will prune us to bear even more fruit. He restates His commandment to love one another and that He would call us friends too for doing so. People will do to us as they did Him, too, for the world now has no excuse for their sin- as it has been revealed and some will hate because of that. He also restates the promise of the Holy Spirit as helper

(John 15:1)  "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

 

(John 15:2)  Every branch in Me which does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch which bears fruit He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

 

(John 15:3)  You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

 

(John 15:4)  Abide in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit on its own, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

 

(John 15:5)  I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; because apart from Me you can do nothing.

 

(John 15:6)  If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

 

(John 15:7)  If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what ever you may desire, and it shall be done for you.

 

(John 15:8)  By this My Father is glorified, that you may bear much fruit; and you will become My disciples.

 

(John 15:9)  "Just as the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

 

(John 15:10)  If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and I abide in His love.

 

(John 15:11)  These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may abide in you, and that your joy may be full.

 

(John 15:12)  This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

 

(John 15:13)  Greater love has no one than this, that one should lay down his life on behalf of his friends.

 

(John 15:14)  You are My friends if you do what I command you.

 

(John 15:15)  No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all things which I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

 

(John 15:16)  You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you may ask the Father in My name He may give to you.

 

(John 15:17)  These things I command you, that you may love one another.

 

(John 15:18)  "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.

 

(John 15:19)  If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

 

(John 15:20)  Remember the word which I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

 

(John 15:21)  But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

 

(John 15:22)  If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse concerning their sin.

 

(John 15:23)  He who hates Me hates My Father also.

 

(John 15:24)  If I had not done the works among them which no one else has done, they would have no sin; but now they have both seen and they have hated both Me and My Father.

 

(John 15:25)  But this was so that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without cause.'

 

(John 15:26)  "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me.

 

(John 15:27)  And you also will testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

 

In John chapter 16 Jesus says that He makes these teachings so that we might not stumble, and also states that the Holy Spirit comes to convict the world of sin. He also makes many promises to His disciples then and now such as of those of peace and joy and encourages us to ask Him for things so that we can have and that our joy may be made full (in Him)

(John 16:1)  "These things I have spoken to you, so that you should not be made to stumble.

 

(John 16:2)  They will excommunicate you; but a time is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering God a service.

 

(John 16:3)  And these things they will do to you because they did not know the Father nor Me.

 

(John 16:4)  But these things I have spoken to you, so that when the time comes, you may remember them, that I told you. But these things I did not say to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

 

(John 16:5)  "But now I am going to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'

 

(John 16:6)  "But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

 

(John 16:7)  Nevertheless I speak the truth to you. It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

 

(John 16:8)  And when He comes, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

 

(John 16:9)  of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

 

(John 16:10)  of righteousness, because I am going to My Father and you see Me no more;

 

(John 16:11)  of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

 

(John 16:12)  I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

 

(John 16:13)  However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will announce to you things to come.

 

(John 16:14)  He will glorify Me, for He will take from what is Mine and He will announce it to you.

 

(John 16:15)  All things which the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He takes from what is Mine and will announce it to you.

 

(John 16:16)  "A little while and you will not see Me; and again a little while and you will see Me, because I am going to the Father."

 

(John 16:17)  Then some of His disciples said to one another, "What is this that He says to us, 'A little while and you will not see Me; and again a little while and you will see Me'; and, 'I am going to the Father'?"

 

(John 16:18)  Therefore they said, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not understand what He is saying."

 

(John 16:19)  Now Jesus knew that they were desiring to ask Him, and He said to them, "Are you inquiring with one another that I said, 'A little while and you will not see Me; and again a little while and you will see Me'?

 

(John 16:20)  Most assuredly I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be grieved, but your grief will be turned into joy.

 

(John 16:21)  A woman, whenever she gives birth, has sorrow, because her hour has come; but whenever the child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish, on account of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

 

(John 16:22)  Therefore you also now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

 

(John 16:23)  And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.

 

(John 16:24)  Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

 

(John 16:25)  "These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

 

(John 16:26)  In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will beseech the Father for you;

 

(John 16:27)  for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

 

(John 16:28)  I came forth from the Father and I have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father."

 

(John 16:29)  His disciples said to Him, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!

 

(John 16:30)  Now we are sure that You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from God."

 

(John 16:31)  Jesus answered them, "Now do you believe?

 

(John 16:32)  Indeed a time is coming, and now has come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and you will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

 

(John 16:33)  These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but have courage, I have overcome the world."

 

In John chapter 17 Jesus then prays to the Father for the sake of His disciples and for them too, asking the Father to help them and keep them from the evil one and many other things. It is a powerful prayer

(John 17:1)  Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the time has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,

 

(John 17:2)  just as You have given Him authority over all flesh, so that He will give eternal life to all You have given Him.

 

(John 17:3)  And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

 

(John 17:4)  I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.

 

(John 17:5)  And now, O Father, glorify Me alongside Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

 

(John 17:6)  I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You have given them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

 

(John 17:7)  Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.

 

(John 17:8)  Because I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and they knew truly that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

 

(John 17:9)  I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.

 

(John 17:10)  And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I have been glorified in them.

 

(John 17:11)  And I am no longer in the world, yet these are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name which You have given to Me, that they may be one just as We are.

 

(John 17:12)  When I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You have given Me I guarded; and not one of them is lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

 

(John 17:13)  But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

 

(John 17:14)  I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

 

(John 17:15)  I do not ask that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.

 

(John 17:16)  They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

 

(John 17:17)  Sanctify them by Your truth; Your word is truth.

 

(John 17:18)  Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

 

(John 17:19)  And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

 

(John 17:20)  "I am not praying for these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word;

 

(John 17:21)  so that they all may be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

 

(John 17:22)  And the glory which You have given to Me, I have given to them, so that they may be one just as We are one:

 

(John 17:23)  I in them, and You in Me; so that they may be perfected in unity, and so that the world may know that You have sent Me, and You loved them just as You loved Me.

 

(John 17:24)  Father, I desire that those also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, so that they may behold My glory which You gave to Me; because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

 

(John 17:25)  O righteous Father! Indeed the world did not know You, yet I knew You; and these knew that You sent Me.

 

(John 17:26)  And I made known to them Your name, and I will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

 

Jesus in these nine chapters gives powerful instruction but also shows how He will give His life for His sheep which do hear His voice, and Jesus did in fact do so, because He loves us so. God did send His Son, Jesus, because He does love the world so He could give those who believe in Jesus eternal life but even more important to God, reconcile mankind to Himself after man’s sin had broken this relationship. The relationship between man and God was that important to God that He indeed was willing to sacrifice His only Son to make this happen. There is nothing that also can compare with a relationship with God at all, nothing. I am now including a prayer which you can pray which will invite Jesus in your heart to begin this wonderful relationship to which nothing can compare. Please pray this prayer with me now to begin this love relationship with God

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

 

God bless you and yours