John 10:37
New International Version
Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.

New Living Translation
Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.

English Standard Version
If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;

Berean Standard Bible
If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.

Berean Literal Bible
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me.

King James Bible
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

New King James Version
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

New American Standard Bible
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

NASB 1995
“If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

NASB 1977
“If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

Legacy Standard Bible
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

Amplified Bible
If I do not do the works of My Father [that is, the miracles that only God could perform], then do not believe Me.

Christian Standard Bible
If I am not doing my Father’s works, don’t believe me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I am not doing My Father’s works, don’t believe Me.

American Standard Version
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“If I am not doing the works of my Father, you should not believe me”,

Contemporary English Version
If I don't do as my Father does, you should not believe me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

English Revised Version
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If I'm not doing the things my Father does, don't believe me.

Good News Translation
Do not believe me, then, if I am not doing the things my Father wants me to do.

International Standard Version
If I'm not doing my Father's actions, don't believe me.

Literal Standard Version
If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

Majority Standard Bible
If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.

New American Bible
If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me;

NET Bible
If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

New Revised Standard Version
If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me.

New Heart English Bible
If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.

Webster's Bible Translation
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

Weymouth New Testament
If the deeds I do are not my Father's deeds, do not believe me.

World English Bible
If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.

Young's Literal Translation
if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Unbelief of the Jews
36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God? 37If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me. 38But 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.”…

Cross References
John 10:25
"I already told you," Jesus replied, "but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father's name testify on My behalf.

John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.


Treasury of Scripture

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

John 10:25,32
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me…

John 5:31
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

John 12:37-40
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: …

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John 10
1. Jesus is the door, and the good shepherd.
19. Diverse opinions of him.
23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus the Son of God;
31. escapes the Jews;
39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where many believe on him.














(37) If I do not the works of my Father.--He has met the charge of blasphemy on technical grounds. In this and the following verse He advances from that defence to the ultimate test. Whether He is a blasphemer or not depends upon whether He represents God or not, and to prove this He appeals again to the works. Are they or are they not the works of the Father? (John 10:32; comp. John 5:17; John 5:36; John 9:3; John 14:10.)

Verse 37. - "I and the Father are one," and "I am the Son of God." These two mighty utterances are equivalent to the following: "I do the works of my Father." My works are his works, his works are mine. "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." The recognition of the Divine is a sign of the regenerated mind, and a test of fitness for a place in Christ's flock (cf. "I know my sheep, and my sheep know me"). The Jews had not recognized the true reciprocal relation between the Father and Son. He had come out from God, and been sent from the Father to produce this impression, to make known the Father by his Sonship; and he had taken steps to convince even unbelieving men of the identity of his nature and Spirit with that of the Father. He is content to rest his claims upon their belief, on the character of his works. He is content to leave the question as to whether he be a blasphemer or one with the Father, a sinner of sinners or Son of God, on the evidence of his works - on the God-like, Father-like character of his entire ministry (cf. ver. 32; John 5:17, 36; John 9:3). If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. "If the evidence be insufficient, I acquit you of blame in not taking me at my word. My own words and Person and life might be enough for you; but if my works are not in perfect harmony with the best you know of the Father, believe me not." Christ's appeal to the reason of his hearers, to the sufficiency of the evidence he had given, would justify unbelief in case of a proved failure.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
If
Εἰ (Ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

I am not doing
ποιῶ (poiō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

works
ἔργα (erga)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.

of
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

Father,
Πατρός (Patros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

[then] {do} not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

believe
πιστεύετέ (pisteuete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

Me.
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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