John 5:38

And ye have not his word abiding in you; because ye believe not Him, whom He hath sent.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 sent me, hath Himself borne witness of me: and yet ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

39Ye search the scriptures; for ye think that in them ye have eternal life:

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Cross References

John 1:11yea, He came to his own peculiar right, and even his own people received Him not.

John 5:42but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

John 8:37I know that ye are the seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

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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