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1 John 5:9

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.
1 John 5:9 · King James Version

In other versions

  • 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.

    ASV

  • If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

    BBE

  • 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.

    DBY

  • 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.

    WEB

  • 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.

    YLT

  • If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he has testified of his Son.

    ENG

  • If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater: for this is the testimony of God which he hath testified of his Son.

    WBT

  • Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

    BSB

In context

7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

9If 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.

10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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