John 5:38
and you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent.
Literal Standard Version
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 1:8the scroll of this Law does not depart out of your mouth, and you have meditated in it by day and by night, so that you observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then you cause your way to prosper, and then you act wisely.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my sayings, || And lay up my commands with you,
Isaiah 49:7Thus said YHWH, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, || To the despised in soul, || To the detested of a nation, || To the Servant of rulers: “Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, || For the sake of YHWH, who is faithful, || The Holy of Israel, and He chooses You.”
John 1:11He came to [His] own, and [His] own did not receive Him;
John 5:42but I have known you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
John 8:37I have known that you are seed of Abraham, but you seek to kill Me, 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 →