The Bible Software
bible.software › 1 John › 1 John 5 › 1 John 5:9

1 John 5:9

If we accept the testimony of men, then the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater: that he has testified about his Son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8And there are three who give testimony on earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. And these three are one.

10Whoever believes in the Son of God, holds the testimony of God within himself. Whoever does not believe in the Son, makes him a liar, because he does not believe in the testimony which God has testified about his Son.

Read all of 1 John 5

Cross References

Matthew 3:16And Jesus, having been baptized, ascended from the water immediately, and behold, the heavens were opened to him. And he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him.

John 3:32And what he has seen and heard, about this he testifies. And no one accepts his testimony.

John 5:39Study the Scriptures. For you think that in them you have eternal life. And yet they also offer testimony about me.

John 10:38But if I do them, even if you are not willing to believe in me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”

Acts 17:31For he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in equity, through the man whom he has appointed, offering faith to all, by raising him from the dead.”

Hebrews 6:18so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:7-10

The Witnesses in Heaven and on Earth. ( a. d. 80.) 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)聖書 (日本語)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBiblia TakatifuBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)

Study 1 John 5:9

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeAlbert BarnesJohn WesleyJohn CalvinScofieldWilliam BurkittFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
← 1 John 5:81 John 51 John 5:10 →