1 John 5:9

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.

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  • Matt 3:16-17 : 16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. 17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead."
  • John 10:38 : 38 But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, 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 testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "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, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. 33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
  • John 5:31-37 : 31 "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. 32 It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. 33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. 37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
  • John 5:39 : 39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
  • John 8:17-19 : 17 It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid. 18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me." 19 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

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    10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

    11The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life.

    13These 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 continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 John 5:5-8
    4 verses
    77%

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

    6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7For there are three who testify{Only a few recent manuscripts add "in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth"}:

    8the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

  • John 3:32-33
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    76%

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

    33He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

  • John 5:31-34
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    31"If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

    32It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

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

    34But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.

  • John 5:36-37
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    36But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

    37The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

  • 12Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

  • 32We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."

  • 15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

  • John 8:17-18
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    17It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.

    18I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

  • 11Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

  • 6We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

  • 20We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we 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
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    2(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

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

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    13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

    14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

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

  • 9By this was God's love revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

  • 23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

  • 7The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

  • 10If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 9Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

  • 35He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

  • 34I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."

  • 2who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

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    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

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

  • 5But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most assuredly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

  • 1Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

  • 15Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

  • 19Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

  • 11Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

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    15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

    16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

  • 1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him.

  • 71They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!"

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