Scripture Folios
Knowing Truth
You will know the truth.
John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Chapter Related John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Chapter Related John 18:37 “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.” Chapter Related John 18:38 “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.” Chapter Related John 8:45–47 “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me? Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” Chapter Related Psalm 51:6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Chapter Related John 4:24 “God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” Chapter Related John 14:16–17 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you. Chapter Related John 15:26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me. Chapter Related John 16:13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. Chapter Related 1 John 5:6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth. Chapter Related 1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. Chapter Related Job 42:5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. Chapter Related 2 Corinthians 3:6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Chapter Related Luke 24:32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Chapter Related Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil. Chapter Related John 7:17 If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own. Chapter Related James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation. Chapter Related John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. Chapter Related 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. Chapter Related Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. Chapter Related 1 Timothy 2:3–4 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Chapter Related 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. Chapter Related John 8:31–32 So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Chapter Related
The Greek word is aletheia, and in John it means more than a correct statement. It means the reality underneath what appears. So Jesus does not claim to teach the truth; he says he is it, and Pilate, standing in front of him, asks what truth is. God wants it in the inmost being, and a Spirit of truth is promised who abides with those who know him and guides them into all of it. This is knowing by contact. Job had heard of God; then he saw. The letter kills and the Spirit gives life. Hearts burn on a road as the Scriptures open, senses are trained by use, and the one who desires to do God’s will comes to know. Then truth does things: it gives birth, sets apart, purifies, and grows us up into Christ. The folio ends with the promise: continue in his word, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.