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John 14:27

约翰福音 14:27

The Passage

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

In the other language

我留下平安给你们，我将我的平安赐给你们。我所赐的，不像世人所赐的。你们心里不要忧愁，也不要胆怯。

Theme

True peace

Bring a question to this passage

Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Jesus speaks of peace as something he gives, not something you earn by getting everything under control. This verse does not settle decisions about your job, but it distinguishes his peace from what the world offers. Under pressure, you may find yourself waiting for an empty inbox or someone's approval before allowing yourself to breathe. The words invite you to consider peace that is not measured by those conditions. You need not turn the call to an untroubled heart into another demand to perform well. You can bring your fear honestly to these words. This verse does not settle your job decisions. Where in your working day could you pause to receive Jesus’ peace without waiting for the pressure to disappear?

Carry thisPeace is a gift, not another measure of my performance.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Peace is what Jesus offers in these words, rather than a technique for improving a relationship. For you, wanting to love better, that distinction matters. You may be trying to speak kindly while inwardly bracing for rejection, or trying to settle every disagreement before you can rest. The peace named here is not a promise that conflict will disappear. It gives you something to contemplate besides the urgency of getting the other person to agree. You can acknowledge a troubled heart without letting fear write every sentence you speak. This passage does not tell you how to resolve the conflict. When you feel afraid in this relationship could you pause to receive the peace Jesus offers before you speak?

Carry thisFear can be present without directing every loving word.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Peace, in these words of Jesus, is something he gives, not something you must manufacture. The passage does not name the responsibility or attachment you should release, but it speaks directly to a troubled and fearful heart. You can hear that invitation without treating fear as a failure or demanding that every anxious feeling disappear. Perhaps what needs loosening is the belief that you must control every possibility before you can rest. Jesus distinguishes his peace from what the world gives; it is not presented as a reward for arranging everything perfectly. This passage does not name what you should release. How much of your effort to control every possibility could you hold more loosely as you receive the peace Jesus offers?

Carry thisJesus' peace is a gift, not a reward for control.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Jesus names peace as something he gives. He distinguishes it from the world's giving, then speaks to hearts that are troubled and afraid. Stillness, read alongside these words, need not mean arranging a life with no interruptions or feeling calm on demand. You can make a little space to hear what Jesus says while also acknowledging what unsettles you. His words are not a reason to shame yourself for anxiety; they are an invitation to attend to his peace rather than only to your pressures. A crowded day does not make the passage unavailable to you. This verse does not offer a method for finding stillness. In what way could you make room to receive Jesus' peace in a crowded day?

Carry thisJesus speaks of peace without requiring a troubleless life.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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John 14 — in context

21One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”

23Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

24He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

25I have said these things to you, while still living with you.

26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

27Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

28You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

29Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.

30I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.

31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

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