John 5:31

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
  • John 8:13-14 : 13 So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” 14 Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.
  • John 8:54 : 54 Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 To the Church in Laodicea“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God’s creation:

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  • John 5:32-34
    3 verses
    87%

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

    33You 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 8:13-18
    6 verses
    84%

    13So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”

    14Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

    15You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.

    16But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

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

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

  • John 5:30
    82%

    30I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

  • John 5:36-39
    4 verses
    79%

    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.

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

    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

  • John 3:28
    75%

    28You yourselves can testify that I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather,‘I have been sent before him.’

  • John 10:37-38
    2 verses
    75%

    37If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

    38But 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.”

  • John 8:54-55
    2 verses
    75%

    54Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

  • John 8:50
    74%

    50I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

  • John 7:18
    73%

    18The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  • John 10:25
    73%

    25Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

  • John 8:46
    73%

    46Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

  • John 5:41
    73%

    41“I do not accept praise from people,

  • 1 John 5:9-10
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    73%

    9If 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.

    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.)

  • John 8:26
    72%

    26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

  • John 3:32-33
    2 verses
    72%

    32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

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

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    72%

    3So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

    4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • John 3:11
    71%

    11I 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.

  • John 5:19
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    19So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

  • John 5:47
    71%

    47But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”

  • John 12:49
    71%

    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

  • John 5:43-44
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    70%

    43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

    44How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?

  • John 15:26
    70%

    26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,

  • John 14:11
    70%

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

  • John 8:28
    70%

    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

  • John 7:16
    70%

    16So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

  • John 7:28-29
    2 verses
    70%

    28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

    29but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

  • John 1:34
    70%

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

  • Prov 14:5
    70%

    5A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

  • Luke 22:71
    69%

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

  • Mark 14:56
    69%

    56Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

  • Deut 19:16
    69%

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

  • John 2:25
    69%

    25He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.

  • Job 9:20
    69%

    20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.