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1 John 5:9
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If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.
If three witnesses on earth would validate a truth, then these three witnesses confirm the truth of who Jesus is. But really, we have only to listen to God, because he told us himself that Jesus was his Son.
If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God [which] he has witnessed concerning his Son.
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.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; and this is the testimony of God, which he hath testified of his Son.
If we accept the testimony of men, God's testimony is greater: for God's testimony consists of the things which He has testified about His Son.
If we receiue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the witnesse of God, which hee hath testified of his Sonne.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; because this is the witness of God which He has witnessed about His Son:
Yf we receaue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the wytnesse of God, which he testifyed of his sonne.
if we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater: now this is the testimony, which God has given us of his son.
If we take human testimony at face value, how much more should we be reassured when God gives testimony as he does here, testifying concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God inwardly confirms God's testimony. Whoever refuses to believe in effect calls God a liar, refusing to believe God's own testimony regarding his Son.
If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [that is, if we are willing to take the sworn statements of fallible humans as evidence], the testimony of God is greater [far more authoritative]; for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified regarding His Son.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.
Yf we receave the witnes of men the witnes of god is greater. For this is the witnes of god which he testifyed of his sonne.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he has borne witness concerning his Son.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater: for this is the testimony of God which he hath testified of his Son.
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.
We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important, and he has told us the truth about his own Son.
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.
Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
We believe what people tell us. But we can trust what God says even more, and God is the one who has spoken about his Son.
If we accept human witness, God's witness is stronger, because it is the witness which God has given about his Son.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
If we receiue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the witnesse of God, which he testified of his Sonne.
If we accept the testimony of men, how much greater is the testimony of God: for this is the testimony of God, which he has testified of his Son.
If we accept the testimony of men, God's testimony is greater, because it is God's testimony that He has given about His Son.
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.
If we accept human testimony, God's testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God and because he has testified about his Son.Matthew 3:16-17; 17:5; John 8:17-18;">[xr]
If the testimony of men we receive, how much greater is the testimony of Aloha ? and this is the testimony which Aloha hath testified concerning his Son.
If we receive the testimony of men, how much greater is the testimony of God? And this is the testimony of God, which he hath testified concerning his Son.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which [fn] He has testified of His Son.
If we believe what men say, we can be sure what God says is more important. God has spoken as He has told us about His Son.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.
If, the witness of men, we receive, the witness of God, is, greater. Because, this, is the witness of God - in that he hath borne witness concerning his Son, -
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater, because he hath testified of his Son.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.
If we receaue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: For this is the witnesse of God [that is greater] which he testified of his sonne.
We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important. And this is what God told us: He told us the truth about his own Son.
If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.
We believe human testimony; but God's testimony is much stronger, and he has given this testimony about his Son.
If we resseyuen the witnessing of men, the witnessing of God is more; for this is the witnessing of God, that is more, for he witnesside of his sone.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
we: 1 John 5:10, John 3:32, John 3:33, John 5:31-36, John 5:39, John 8:17-19, John 10:38, Acts 5:32, Acts 17:31, Hebrews 2:4, Hebrews 6:18
for: Matthew 3:16, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5
Reciprocal: Psalms 19:7 - testimony Psalms 78:5 - For he Psalms 81:8 - Hear Psalms 93:5 - Thy Isaiah 8:16 - the testimony John 1:34 - this John 5:36 - I have John 12:17 - bare Acts 11:14 - words Romans 1:9 - the Romans 9:32 - Because 2 Corinthians 1:19 - the Son 1 Peter 5:12 - testifying 1 John 4:14 - we have
Cross-References
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Kenan.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If we receive the witness of men,.... The witness of a sufficient number of credible men, of men of good character and report, is always admitted in any case, and in any court of judicature; it was allowed of in the law of Moses; everything was proved and established hereby; upon this men were justified or condemned, cognizance was taken of men's sins, and punishment inflicted, yea, death itself, Deuteronomy 17:6; and even in this case concerning the Son of God, his coming into the world, and the dignity of his person, the testimony of men is credited; as that of the wise men, who declared that the King of the Jews was born, and his star had been seen in the east, which Herod himself gave credit to, and upon it summoned the chief priests, and inquired of them where he should be born; and also of the shepherds, who testified to the appearance of angels, who told them that there was then born a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, and who also related that they themselves saw the infant at Bethlehem; and especially of John the Baptist, whose testimony was true, and could not be objected to by the Jews themselves, who sent to him, before whom he bore a plain and faithful witness. Now if an human testimony may be, and is received,
the testimony of God is greater; more valuable, surer, and to be more firmly depended on, since it must be infallible; for God can neither deceive, nor be deceived:
for this is the witness of God, which he hath testified of his Son; even the witness of the Spirit, the water, and the blood, is the testimony, not of men, but of God; the Gospel, attended with the Spirit of God, is the testimony of God; and so the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper, which bear witness of Christ, are not of men, but of God; and especially the witness of the Father, the Word, and the Spirit, must be the testimony of God, since, though three persons, they are one God; particularly the witness which God the Father testified of his Son Jesus Christ at his baptism and transfiguration, must be allowed to be the testimony of God, and far greater than any human testimony, and therefore to be received.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If we receive the witness of men - As we are accustomed to do, and as we must do in courts of justice, and in the ordinary daily transactions of life. We are constantly acting on the belief that what others say is true; that what the members of our families, and our neighbors say, is true; that what is reported by travelers is true; that what we read in books, and what is sworn to in courts of justice, is true. We could not get along a single day if we did not act on this belief; nor are we accustomed to call it in question, unless we have reason to suspect that it is false. The mind is so made that it must credit the testimony borne by others; and if this should cease even for a single day, the affairs of the world would come to a pause.
The witness of God is greater - Is more worthy of belief; as God is more true, and wise, and good than people. People may be deceived, and may undesignedly bear witness to that which is not true - God never can be; men may, for sinister and base purposes, intend to deceive - God never can; people may act from partial observation, from rumors unworthy of credence - God never can; people may desire to excite admiration by the marvelous - God never can; people have deceived - God never has; and though, from these causes, there are many instances where we are not certain that the testimony borne by people is true, yet we are always certain that that which is borne by God is not false. The only question on which the mind ever hesitates is, whether we actually have his testimony, or certainly know what he bears witness to; when that is ascertained, the human mind is so made that it cannot believe that God would deliberately deceive a world. See the notes at Hebrews 6:18. Compare Titus 1:2.
For this is the witness of God ... - The testimony above referred to - that borne by the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. Who that saw his baptism, and heard the voice from heaven, Matthew 3:16-17, could doubt that he was the Son of God? Who that saw his death on the cross, and that witnessed the amazing scenes which occurred there, could fail to join with the Roman centurion in saying that this was the Son of God? Who that has felt the influences of the Eternal Spirit on his heart, ever doubted that Jesus was the Son of God? Compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 12:3. Any one of these is sufficient to convince the soul of this; all combined bear on the same point, and confirm it from age to age.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. If we receive the witness of men — Which all are obliged to do, and which is deemed a sufficient testimony to truth in numberless cases; the witness of God is greater-he can neither be deceived nor deceive, but man may deceive and be deceived.
