John 5:31

“If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;

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In The King James Version

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

In Context

30I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

32it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.

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Cross References

John 8:13“You are bearing testimony to yourself!” exclaimed the Pharisees, “your testimony is not trustworthy.”

Revelation 3:14“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Unchanging One, the witness faithful and true, the beginning of the Creation of God:

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →

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