1 John 5:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater, for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God which He has given about His Son.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1487} we receive{G2983} the witness{G3141} of men,{G444} the witness{G3141} of God{G2316} is{G2076} greater:{G3187} for{G3754} the witness{G3141} of God{G2316} is{G2076} this,{G3778} that{G3739} he hath borne witness{G3141} concerning{G4012} his{G846} Son.{G5207}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    If{G1487} we receive{G2983}{(G5719)} the witness{G3141} of men{G444}, the witness{G3141} of God{G2316} is{G2076}{(G5748)} greater{G3187}: for{G3754} this{G3778} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the witness{G3141} of God{G2316} which{G3739} he hath testified{G3140}{(G5758)} of{G4012} his{G846} Son{G5207}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf we receave the witnes of men the witnes of god is greater. For this is the witnes of god which he testifyed of his sonne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf we receaue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the wytnesse of God, which he testifyed of his sonne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If we receiue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the witnesse of God, which he testified of his Sonne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If we receaue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne.

  • 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 3:16-17 : 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, came up immediately out of the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him: 17 And behold, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 Because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.
  • John 10:38 : 38 But if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you 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 Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, 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; listen to him.
  • John 3:32-33 : 32 What he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no one receives his testimony. 33 He who has received his testimony has certified that God is true.
  • John 8:17-19 : 17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me. 19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 5:10-13
    4 verses
    83%

    10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.

    11 And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

    12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

    13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 John 5:5-8
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    77%

    5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

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

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

  • John 3:32-33
    2 verses
    76%

    32 What he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no one receives his testimony.

    33 He who has received his testimony has certified that God is true.

  • 3 John 1:12
    73%

    12 Demetrius has received a good report from all men, and of the truth itself: yes, and we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true.

  • Acts 5:32
    72%

    32 And we are His witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.

  • Heb 10:15
    72%

    15 The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before,

  • John 8:17-18
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    72%

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

    18 I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.

  • John 3:11
    72%

    11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.

  • 1 John 4:6
    72%

    6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  • Rom 8:16
    71%

    16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.

  • 1 John 5:20
    71%

    20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 For the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;

    3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 4:13-15
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    71%

    13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

    14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

    15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

  • 1 John 4:9
    71%

    9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

  • John 1:7
    70%

    7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

  • 1 John 1:10
    70%

    10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 2 John 1:9
    70%

    9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

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    35 And he who saw it bore witness, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.

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    70%

    34 And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

  • Rev 1:2
    70%

    2 Who bore witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

  • 1 John 3:19-20
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    19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

    20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

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    70%

    5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

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    70%

    1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

  • 1 Cor 15:15
    69%

    15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise if in fact the dead do not rise.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
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    19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

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    11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15 One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

    16 If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing;

  • 1 John 5:1
    69%

    1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

  • Luke 22:71
    69%

    71 And they said, What need do we have for any further witness? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.

  • John 1:18
    68%

    18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.