John 5:38
And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 1:8Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
Isaiah 49:7The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.
John 1:11He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
John 5:42But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
John 8:37I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.
Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47
Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →