God’s Testimony about His Son

1 John 5:9

In 9 translations

BSB: Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
KJV: If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
WEB: If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.
ASV: If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
LSV: If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He has testified concerning His Son.
YLT: If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.
DBY: If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God [which] he has witnessed concerning his Son.ElohimElohim
DRC: If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God, which is greater, because he hath testified of his Son.
GNV: If we receiue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the witnesse of God, which he testified of his Sonne.

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὅτι (“that”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἥν (“which”).

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SBLGNT: ὅτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅτι; Robinson–Pierpont read ἥν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: εἰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαμβάνομεν, ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ θεοῦ μείζων ἐστίν, ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτι μεμαρτύρηκεν περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
RP2018: Εἰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαμβάνομεν, ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ θεοῦ μείζων ἐστίν· ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ θεοῦ, ἣν μεμαρτύρηκεν περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd: Εἰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαμβάνομεν, ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Θεοῦ μείζων ἐστίν· ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἣν μεμαρτύρηκε περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894: ει την μαρτυριαν των ανθρωπων λαμβανομεν η μαρτυρια του θεου μειζων εστιν οτι αυτη εστιν η μαρτυρια του θεου ην μεμαρτυρηκεν περι του υιου αυτου

Who and where

👤 God 👤 Jesus Christ

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Witness of the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, the, Is God Hope John, the Epistles of Jesus, the Christ

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Cross-references most cited first

Matthew 3:16–17As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved…
Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
John 8:17–19Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.” “Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not…
1 John 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
Acts 5:32We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
Hebrews 2:4and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
John 3:32–33He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony. Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
John 10:38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
John 5:31–37If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid. There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid. You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. Even though I do…
Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

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