1 John 5:9

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.

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  • Matt 3:16-17 : 16 And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'
  • John 10:38 : 38 and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me `is' the Father, and I in Him.'
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing joint-witness both with signs and wonders, and manifold powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to His will.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 that through two immutable things, in which `it is' impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before `us',
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'
  • John 3:32-33 : 32 `And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth; 33 he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;
  • John 5:31-37 : 31 `If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true; 32 another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true; 33 ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth. 34 `But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved; 35 he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light. 36 `But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me. 37 `And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;
  • John 5:39 : 39 `Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;
  • John 8:17-19 : 17 and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true; 18 I am `one' who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.' 19 They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    10He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

    11and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;

    12he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God -- the life he hath not.

    13These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 John 5:5-8
    4 verses
    77%

    5who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6This one is he who did come through water and blood -- Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

    7because three are who are testifying `in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these -- the three -- are one;

    8and three are who are testifying in the earth', the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

  • John 3:32-33
    2 verses
    76%

    32`And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;

    33he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;

  • John 5:31-34
    4 verses
    74%

    31`If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;

    32another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;

    33ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.

    34`But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved;

  • John 5:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36`But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37`And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;

  • 3 John 1:12
    73%

    12to Demetrius testimony hath been given by all, and by the truth itself, and we also -- we do testify, and ye have known that our testimony is true.

  • Acts 5:32
    72%

    32and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'

  • Heb 10:15
    72%

    15and testify to us also doth the Holy Spirit, for after that He hath said before,

  • John 8:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

    18I am `one' who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'

  • John 3:11
    72%

    11`Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

  • 1 John 4:6
    72%

    6we -- of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

  • Rom 8:16
    71%

    16The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

  • 1 John 5:20
    71%

    20and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may 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 the life age-during!

  • 1 John 1:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us --

    3that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship `is' with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

  • 1 John 4:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.

    14And we -- we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son -- Saviour of the world;

    15whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;

  • 1 John 4:9
    71%

    9In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son -- the only begotten -- hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

  • John 5:23
    71%

    23that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

  • John 1:7
    70%

    7this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

  • 1 John 1:10
    70%

    10if we may say -- `we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

  • 2 John 1:9
    70%

    9every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

  • John 19:35
    70%

    35and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe.

  • John 1:34
    70%

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

  • Rev 1:2
    70%

    2who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

  • 1 John 3:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

    20because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

  • 1 John 2:5
    70%

    5and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

  • 1 John 3:1
    70%

    1See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

  • 1 Cor 15:15
    69%

    15and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    69%

    19Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

  • 1 John 4:11
    69%

    11Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

  • Deut 19:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

    16`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

  • 1 John 5:1
    69%

    1Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:

  • Luke 22:71
    69%

    71and they said, `What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear `it' from his mouth.'

  • John 1:18
    68%

    18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.