John 5:34
but I don't need any human endorsement. I'm explaining this to you so you can be saved.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
In Context
33You asked John about me, and he told the truth,
35John was like a brightly-burning light, and you were willing to enjoy his light for a while.
Cross References
Luke 19:10For the Son of man came to search for and save those who are lost.”
Luke 24:47repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. But it is God himself who glorifies me, the one you claim, ‘He is our God.’
Romans 3:3What if some of them didn't trust in God? Does their lack of trust in God obliterate the trustworthiness of God?
Romans 10:21As God says to Israel, “All day long I reached out my hands to a disobedient and stubborn people.”
1 Corinthians 9:22To those who are weak, I share in their weakness so that I may win the weak. I have ended up being “everyman” to everyone so that by using every possible means I might win some!
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 →