If any man will do his will As in John 6:67 and John 8:44, -will" is too weak; it is not the simple future, but the verb -to will:" If any man willeth to do His will. The mere mechanical performance of God's will is not enough; there must be an inclination towards Him, a wish to make our conduct agree with His will; and without this agreement Divine doctrine cannot be recognised as such. There must be a moral harmony between the teaching and the taught, and this harmony is in the first instance God's gift (John 6:44-45), which each can accept or refuse at will. Comp. John 14:21.

he shall know Literally, He shall come to know, recognise. See on John 7:26 and John 8:55.

whether it be of God, &c. Literally, whether it proceeds from God(as its Fount), or I speak from Myself. Comp. John 5:30; John 15:4.

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