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John 5:43

I have come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another come in his own name, him ye will receive.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

In Context

42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

44How can ye believe, who receiving honour one from another, seek not the honour which cometh from God alone?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:5For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive multitudes.

John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him should not perish, but have life eternal.

John 8:28Then said Jesus to them, When ye shall have lifted up on high the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am, and of myself have I done nothing; but as the Father hath instructed me, so I speak.

John 12:28Father, glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

Acts 5:36For before these days arose Theudas, saying that he himself was a singular personage: to whom a number of men, about four hundred, attached themselves: who was taken off; and as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

Hebrews 5:4And no man assumes to himself this honour, but he who is called of God, even as Aaron was.

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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