Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
He that speaketh of himself, etc. - I will give you another rule, whereby you shall know whether I am from God or not: If I speak so as to procure my own glory, to gratify vanity, or to secure and promote my secular interests, then reject me as a deceiver and as a false prophet. But if I act only to promote the glory of God, to induce all men to love and obey him; if I propose nothing but what leads to the perfection of his law, and the accomplishment of its ordinances, you cannot help acknowledging me at least for a true prophet; and, if you add to this the proofs which I have given of my mission and power, you must acknowledge me as the mighty power of God, and the promised Messiah.
And no unrighteousness is in him - Or, there is no falsehood in him: so the word should be translated here; and it is frequently used by the Septuagint for sheker , a lie, falsehood, etc. See in Psalms 52:3; Psalms 119:29, Psalms 119:69, Psalms 119:104, Psalms 119:163; Psalms 144:8. This is its meaning in Romans 2:8; where , falsehood, is put in opposition to , truth.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing John 7:18:
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