1 John 5:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

If 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.

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  • Matt 3:16-17 : 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] 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, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father› [is] ‹in me, and I in him.›
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 ¶ He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
  • John 3:32-33 : 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
  • John 5:31-37 : 31 ¶ ‹If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.› 32 ‹There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.› 33 ‹Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.› 34 ‹But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.› 35 ‹He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.› 36 ‹But I have greater witness than› [that] ‹of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.› 37 ‹And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.›
  • John 5:39 : 39 ‹Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.›
  • John 8:17-19 : 17 ‹It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.› 18 ‹I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.› 19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, ‹Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.›

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    10¶ He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

    13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 John 5:5-8
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    5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6¶ This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

    7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

    8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

  • John 3:32-33
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    32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

    33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

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    31¶ ‹If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.›

    32‹There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.›

    33‹Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.›

    34‹But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.›

  • John 5:36-37
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    36‹But I have greater witness than› [that] ‹of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.›

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    12¶ Demetrius hath good report of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, and we [also] bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

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    32And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

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    15[Whereof] the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

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    17‹It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.›

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    16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

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