Ἰωάννην 5:42

Greek Modern Translation

αλλα σας εγνωρισα οτι την αγαπην του Θεου δεν εχετε εν εαυτοις·

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
αλλ εγνωκα υμας οτι την αγαπην του θεου ουκ εχετε εν εαυτοις

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ἀλλὰ ἔγνωκα ὑμᾶς ὅτι τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔχετε ἐν ἑαυτοῖς.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ἀλλὰ ἔγνωκα ὑμᾶς ὅτι οὐκ ἔχετε τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
αλλ εγνωκα υμας οτι την αγαπην του θεου ουκ εχετε εν εαυτοις

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
αλλα εγνωκα υμας οτι την αγαπην του θεου ουκ εχετε εν εαυτοις

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I know: John 1:47-49, John 2:25, John 21:17, Luke 16:15, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23

that: John 5:44, John 8:42, John 8:47, John 8:55, John 15:23, John 15:24, Romans 8:7, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 4:20

Reciprocal: Isaiah 66:18 - I know Mark 7:6 - honoureth Luke 11:42 - and pass John 2:24 - because John 5:38 - ye have John 6:64 - there John 8:26 - to judge 2 Corinthians 10:18 - but 2 Peter 1:8 - in you

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I know you,.... Being the omniscient God, he knew not only their persons, but their hearts, the thoughts of their hearts; what was in them, and what was wanting in them: particularly,

that ye have not the love of God in you; and which is not in any man's heart naturally; for the carnal mind is enmity to God; and men, by nature, are haters of him, and enemies in their minds to him, till this grace, which is a fruit of the Spirit, is implanted in them, in regeneration: love to God, is one of the weightier matters of the law, the Jews passed over; without which, all the actions of men signify nothing: this they made great pretensions to, and would have had it thought, that it was from love to God, that they sought to kill Jesus, for his violation of the sabbath, and making himself equal with God; but it was not from a delight in the sabbath, or from love to the Lord of it, but out of ill will to Christ, that they expressed such dissembled piety and false zeal: they were lovers of themselves, and not God; they were covetous men, and loved the world, and the things in it, which is inconsistent with the love of the Father; and besides, if they had loved him, they would have loved him that was begotten of him, and not sought to have killed him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I receive not honour ... - “I do not say these things because I am desirous of human applause, but to account for the fact that you do not believe on me. The reason is, that you have not the love of God in you.” In this passage we see:

1. That we should not seek for human applause. It is of very little value, and it often keeps men from the approbation of God, John 5:44.
2. They who will not believe on Jesus Christ give evidence that they have no love for God.
3. The reason why they do not believe on him is because they have no regard for his character, wishes, or law.

Love of God - Love to God.

In you - In your hearts. You do not love God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 42. But I know you, that ye have not, c.] Don't say that you oppose me through zeal for God's honour, and love for his name, because I make myself equal to him: no, this is not the case. I know the dispositions of your souls and I know ye have neither love for his name, nor zeal for his glory. Incorrigible ignorance, and malicious jealousy, actuate your hearts. Ye read the Scriptures, but ye do not enter into their meaning. Had you been as diligent to find out the truth, as you have been to find out allegories, false glosses, and something to countenance you in your crimes, you would have known that the Messiah, who is equal with God, must be the Son of man also, and the inheritor of David's throne; and that the very works which I do are those which the prophets have foretold the Messiah should perform. See Daniel 7:13-14; Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 11:1-5, Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 35:4-6.