John 5:31

If I should beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse were not true.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30I can doe nothing of mine owne selfe: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.

32There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I know that the witnesse, which he beareth of me, is true.

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Cross References

John 8:13The Pharises therefore saide vnto him, Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe: thy recorde is not true.

Revelation 3:14And vnto the Angell of the Church of the Laodiceans write, These things saieth Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, that beginning 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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