John 8:47
He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear them, because you are not of God.” 1 Before Abraham Was, I AM
English Majority Text (NT)
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 of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?
Cross References
John 6:45It is written in the prophets, ‘ And they shall all be taught of God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to Me.
John 8:37“I know that you are Abraham's seed, but you seek to kill Me, because My word finds no place in you.
John 8:45But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.
John 17:6“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You have given them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
1 John 3:10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
1 John 5:1Everyone that believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone that loves Him that begot also loves him that is begotten of 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 →