John 7:16 · KJV
“Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.”
— John 7:16
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? {letters: or, learning}
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or {whether} I speak of myself.
John 7 — Context
Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? {letters: or, learning}
16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or {whether} I speak of myself.
18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Cross References
John 14:10
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.
John 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
John 12:49-50
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John 5:23-24
That all {men} should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
John 6:38-40
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 17:8
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received {them}, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
John 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.