John 8:47

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear› [them] ‹not, because ye are not of God.›

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  • John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • John 6:45-46 : 45 ‹It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.› 46 ‹Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.›
  • John 6:65 : 65 And he said, ‹Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.›
  • John 8:37 : 37 ‹I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.›
  • John 8:43 : 43 ‹Why do ye not understand my speech?› [even] ‹because ye cannot hear my word.›
  • John 8:45 : 45 ‹And because I tell› [you] ‹the truth, ye believe me not.›
  • John 10:26-27 : 26 ‹But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.› 27 ‹My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:›
  • John 17:6-8 : 6 ¶ ‹I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.› 7 ‹Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.› 8 ‹For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received› [them], ‹and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.›
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, ‹Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.›
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • 1 John 4:1-6 : 1 ¶ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 ¶ Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 ¶ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
  • 2 John 1:9 : 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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  • John 8:37-46
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    37 ‹I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.›

    38 ¶ ‹I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.›

    39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, ‹If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.›

    40 ‹But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.›

    41 ‹Ye do the deeds of your father.› Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

    42 Jesus said unto them, ‹If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.›

    43 ‹Why do ye not understand my speech?› [even] ‹because ye cannot hear my word.›

    44 ‹Ye are of› [your] ‹father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.›

    45 ‹And because I tell› [you] ‹the truth, ye believe me not.›

    46 ¶ ‹Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?›

  • 1 John 4:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

    6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • John 5:38-40
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    38 ‹And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.›

    39 ‹Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.›

    40 ‹And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.›

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    25 Jesus answered them, ‹I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.›

    26 ‹But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.›

    27 ‹My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:›

  • 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

  • John 8:23-24
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    23 And he said unto them, ‹Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.›

    24 ‹I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am› [he], ‹ye shall die in your sins.›

  • 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

  • John 8:26-27
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    26 ‹I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.›

    27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

  • 42 ‹But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.›

  • 24 ‹He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.›

  • 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

  • 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.›

  • 11 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.›

  • 47 ‹But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?›

  • 65 And he said, ‹Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.›

  • 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].

  • 55 ‹Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.›

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    13 ‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.›

    14 ‹And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:›

  • 48 ‹He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.›

  • 16 ‹They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.›

  • 7 ‹The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.›

  • 16 ‹If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.›

  • 36 What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come?

  • John 6:45-46
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    45 ‹It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.›

    46 ‹Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.›

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    36 ‹Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?›

    37 ‹If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.›

  • 15 ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›

  • 33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

  • 9 ‹Of sin, because they believe not on me;›

  • 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

  • 31 ¶ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, ‹If ye continue in my word,› [then] ‹are ye my disciples indeed;›

  • 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.