1 John 5:9

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.

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  • Matt 3:16-17 : 16 After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said,“This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
  • John 10:38 : 38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said,“This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”
  • John 3:32-33 : 32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.
  • John 5:31-37 : 31 More Testimony About Jesus“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true. 33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34 (I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.) 35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light. 36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,
  • John 5:39 : 39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
  • John 8:17-19 : 17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.” 19 Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 5:10-13
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    10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

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

    12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.

    13 Assurance of Eternal Life I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:5-8
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    5 Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6 Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood– not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7 For there are three that testify,

    8 the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement.

  • John 3:32-33
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    32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

    33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

  • John 5:31-34
    4 verses
    74%

    31 More Testimony About Jesus“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

    32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

    33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

    34 (I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

  • John 5:36-37
    2 verses
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    36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

    37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

  • 3 John 1:12
    73%

    12 Worthy Demetrius Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.

  • Acts 5:32
    72%

    32 And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

  • Heb 10:15
    72%

    15 And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • John 8:17-18
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    17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

    18 I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

  • John 3:11
    72%

    11 I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • 1 John 4:6
    72%

    6 We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

  • Rom 8:16
    71%

    16 The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

    3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

  • 1 John 4:13-15
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    13 By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that 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 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

  • 1 John 4:9
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    9 By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.

  • John 5:23
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    23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

  • John 1:7
    70%

    7 He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

  • 1 John 1:10
    70%

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

  • 2 John 1:9
    70%

    9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  • John 19:35
    70%

    35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.

  • John 1:34
    70%

    34 I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”

  • Rev 1:2
    70%

    2 who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 3:19-20
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    70%

    19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

    20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.

  • 1 John 2:5
    70%

    5 But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

  • 1 John 3:1
    70%

    1 (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

  • 1 Cor 15:15
    69%

    15 Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    69%

    19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

  • 1 John 4:11
    69%

    11 Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15 A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

    16 If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime,

  • 1 John 5:1
    69%

    1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

  • Luke 22:71
    69%

    71 Then they said,“Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”

  • John 1:18
    68%

    18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

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