John 5:31

Yf I beare witnes of my selfe my witnes is not true.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30I can of myne awne selfe do nothinge at all. As I heare I iudge and my iudgement is iust because I seke not myne awne will but the will of the father which hath sent me.

32Ther is a nother that beareth witnes of me and I am sure that the witnes whiche he beareth of me is true.

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Cross References

John 8:13The pharises sayde vnto him: thou bearest recorde of thy sylfe thy recorde is not true.

Revelation 3:14And vnto the messenger of the congregacion which is in Laodicia wryte: This sayth (amen) the faythfull and true witnes the begynninge of the creatures 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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