John 5:31

If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

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In The King James Version

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

In Context

30I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

32There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that he testifies about me is valid.

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Cross References

John 8:13The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou testify about thyself. Thy testimony is not valid.

Revelation 3:14And to the agent of the congregation in Laodicea write, These things says the Truly, the faithful and TRUE witness, the primacy of the creation of God:

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →

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