John 5:34

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

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  • John 20:31 : 31 But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
  • Luke 19:41-42 : 41 Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying,“If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
  • 1 John 5:9 : 9 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.
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
  • John 5:41 : 41 “I do not accept praise from people,
  • 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.’
  • Rom 3:3 : 3 What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?
  • Rom 10:1 : 1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But about Israel he says,“All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!”
  • Rom 12:21 : 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • 1 Cor 9:22 : 22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.
  • 1 Tim 2:3-4 : 3 Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior, 4 since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

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  • John 5:30-33
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    30 I 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.

    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.

  • 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 5:35-43
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    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,

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

    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,

    40 but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

    41 “I do not accept praise from people,

    42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

    43 I 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.

  • John 1:33-34
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    33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

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

  • John 3:27-28
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    27 John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

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

  • 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.

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    46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

    47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • John 1:6-8
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    6 A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.

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

    8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

  • John 8:13-18
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    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.

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

    16 But 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.

    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.”

  • 9 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.

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

  • 26 I 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.”

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

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    17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

    18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

  • 42 They said to the woman,“No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one really is the Savior of the world.”

  • 55 Yet 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.

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    23 Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24 Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

  • 36 But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

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

  • 11 Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

  • 46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)

  • 24 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

  • 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.

  • 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

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