1 John 5:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαμβάνομεν, ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Θεοῦ μείζων ἐστίν: ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥν μεμαρτύρηκεν περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

If the marturian of the anthrōpōn we lambanomen, the marturia of the Theou meizōn estin: because this estin the marturia of the Theou which he has memarturēken concerning the Huiou of him.

Grammar Details

*ei*: conditional conjunction - if
*marturian*: accusative, feminine, singular - witness/testimony
*anthrōpōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of men/people
*lambanomen*: present active indicative, 1st plural - we receive/accept
*marturia*: nominative, feminine, singular - witness/testimony
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*meizōn*: nominative, feminine, singular, comparative - greater
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
*hoti*: conjunction - because/for/that
*hautē*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - this
*hēn*: relative pronoun, accusative, feminine, singular - which
*memarturēken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd singular - has testified
*peri*: preposition with genitive - concerning/about
*Huiou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Son
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him

Word Meanings

*marturian*: witness/testimony/evidence
*anthrōpōn*: men/humans/people
*lambanomen*: receive/accept/take
*marturia*: witness/testimony/evidence
*meizōn*: greater/larger/more important
*memarturēken*: has testified/has witnessed/has given evidence

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 3:16-17 : 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; 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Acts 17:31 : 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
John 10:38 : 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.
Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are {G846} witnesses of these things; and [so] [is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
1 John 5:10 : 10 He 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.
Matt 17:5 : 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 3:32-33 : 32 {G2532} What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness. 33 He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to [this], that God is true.
John 5:31-37 : 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth. 34 But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. 35 He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light. 36 But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
John 5:39 : 39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
John 8:17-19 : 17 Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. 18 I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. 19 They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know {G302} my Father also.

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1 John 5:10-13
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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.
11And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
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1 John 5:5-8
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5And who is he that overcometh the world, but {G3361} he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.
7And it is {G5140} the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
John 3:32-33
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32{G2532} What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
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John 5:31-34
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31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.
34But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.
John 5:36-37
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36But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
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3 John 1:12
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Acts 5:32
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32And we are {G846} witnesses of these things; and [so] [is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Heb 10:15
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John 8:17-18
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17Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
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Rom 8:16
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1 John 5:20
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1 John 4:13-15
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13hereby {G5129} we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
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1 John 1:10
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2 John 1:9
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1 John 3:19-20
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1 John 2:5
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1 John 3:1
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1 Cor 15:15
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1 Tim 5:19
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1 John 4:11
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Deut 19:15-16
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1 John 5:1
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Luke 22:71
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John 1:18
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18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].