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John 14:27

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 14:27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 14:27

Theological / Devotional

Peace. Gr. eirēnē, corresponding to the Heb. shalom, the common Oriental greeting used by Jesus in His postresurrection appearances (ch. 20:19, 21, 26). Here Jesus speaks of inward peace of soul such as comes to him who is “justified by faith” (Rom. 5:1), whose sense of guilt has been laid at the foot of the cross, and whose anxieties about the future have been swallowed up in his implicit trust in God (Phil. 4:6, 7). Such a peace Jesus terms “my peace.” Such a peace the world, with all its boasted science, cannot bestow. Compare John 16:33.

Troubled. Compare v. 1.

Be afraid. Gr. deiliaō, “to be fainthearted, to be cowardly.”

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