John 5:31

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30I am not able to perform any thing by myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; for I seek not my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

32There is another who beareth witness of me, and I know that his witness is true which he witnesseth concerning me.

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Cross References

John 8:13The Pharisees said to him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

Revelation 3:14And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin 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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