1 John 5:9
1 John chapter 5 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
Context
v.8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
v.9This passage
v.10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 8:17
Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
- Acts 5:32
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
- John 10:38
But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
- Matthew 3:16
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
- Matthew 17:5
While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- John 5:31
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.