John 5:38

Nor do you have His word abiding in you, because you do not believe on the very one whom He sent.

Family 35 New Testament

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

37“Further, the Father who sent me has Himself testified about me. You have neither heard His voice nor seen His form at any time.

39You examine the Scriptures because in them you think you have eternal life, yet they are the very ones that testify about me.

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Cross References

John 1:11He came to His own things, yet His own people did not receive Him.

John 5:42Rather I have come to know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

John 8:37I know that you are descendants of Abraham, but you are wanting to kill me because my word finds 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 →

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