John 5:38

And his word abideth not in you, because in Him whom he hath sent you do not believe.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

37And the Father who hath sent me, he testifieth of me: but his voice you have never heard, nor his appearance seen.

39Investigate the scriptures; for in them you think you have the life that is eternal, and they testify of me.

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Cross References

John 1:11He came to his own, and his own received him not.

John 5:42But I know you, that the love of Aloha is not in you.

John 8:37I know that you are the seed of Abraham; but you seek to kill me, because in my word you do not concur.

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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