John 5:31
If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.
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- Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
- John 8:13-14 : 13 So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true. 14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.
- John 8:54 : 54 Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.
- Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:
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- John 5:32-343 verses87%
32 There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.
33 You sent to John and he gave true witness.
34 But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.
- John 8:13-186 verses84%
13 So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.
14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.
15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.
16 Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.
17 Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.
18 I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.
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30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
- John 5:36-394 verses79%
36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.
37 And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.
39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
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28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
- John 10:37-382 verses75%
37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;
38 But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
- John 8:54-552 verses75%
54 Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.
55 You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.
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50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.
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18 The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.
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25 Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.
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46 Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?
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41 I do not take honour from men;
- 1 John 5:9-102 verses73%
9 If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.
10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.
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26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.
- John 3:32-332 verses72%
32 He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.
33 He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.
- 1 Cor 4:3-42 verses72%
3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.
4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
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11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.
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19 So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.
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47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?
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49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.
- John 5:43-442 verses70%
43 I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.
44 How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
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26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;
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11 Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.
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28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.
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16 Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.
- John 7:28-292 verses70%
28 Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.
29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
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34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
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5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
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71 And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.
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56 For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.
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16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
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25 He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
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20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.