John 14:1 (YLT)

Passage

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

Nearby Context

John 14:1 `Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

John 14:2 in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

John 14:3 and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heart", "troubled", and "believe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heart" and "troubled", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "in the house of my Father are...", so "heart" and "troubled" should be read forward into that movement. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heart" and "troubled" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.