John 8:47
He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
In Context
46Which of you convicts me about sin? And if I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?
Cross References
John 6:45It is written in the prophets, And they will all be taught of God. Every man who hears from the Father, and having learned, comes to me.
John 8:37I know that ye are Abraham's seed, yet ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
John 8:45And I, because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.
John 17:6I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gave me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gave them to me, and they have kept thy word.
1 John 3:10By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.
1 John 5:1Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.
Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →