John 8:47
"He who is from God listens to God’s words. For this reason you do not listen, because you are not from God."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
In Context
46"Which one of you convicts me of sin? Why then, if I am speaking the truth, do you not believe me?
Cross References
John 6:45"It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all of them be taught of God. Every one who has listened to the father and learns from him, comes to me.
John 8:37"I know you are Abraham’s descendants; but you are seeking to kill me, Because my teaching has no place in you.
John 8:45"But as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.
John 17:6"I have made known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.
1 John 3:10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
1 John 5:1Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father, loves him also who is the Father’s Child.
Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →