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1 John 5:9
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KJ21
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.
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.
AMP
If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [that is, if we are willing to take the sworn statements of fallible humans as evidence], the testimony of God is greater [far more authoritative]; for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified regarding His Son.
AMPC
If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [if we are willing to take human authority], the testimony of God is greater (of stronger authority), for this is the testimony of God, even the witness which He has borne regarding His Son.
BRG
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.
CSB
If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is God’s testimony that he has given about his Son.
CSBA
If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is God’s testimony that he has given about his Son.
CEB
If we receive human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because this is what God testified: he has testified about his Son.
CJB
If we accept human witness, God’s witness is stronger, because it is the witness which God has given about his Son.
CEV
We believe what people tell us. But we can trust what God says even more, and God is the one who has spoken about his Son.
DARBY
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.
DLNT
If we receive the testimony of humans, the testimony of God is greater! Because this is the testimony of God: that He has testified about His Son!
DRA
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.
ERV
We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important. And this is what God told us: He told us the truth about his own Son.
EASY
We believe people who tell us about things that they know. So we can believe even more what God says. He has told us what is true about his Son. So we should believe his message.
EHV
If we accept the testimony of people, God’s testimony is even greater, because it is the testimony that God gave about his Son.
ESV
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
ESVUK
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
EXB
·We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important [L If we accept the witness/testimony of people, the witness/testimony of God is better], ·and he has told us the truth about his own Son [L because this is the witness/testimony God has given about his Son].
GNV
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God, which he testified of his Son.
GW
We accept human testimony. God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony that he has given about his Son.
GNT
We believe human testimony; but God's testimony is much stronger, and he has given this testimony about his Son.
HCSB
If we accept the testimony of men, God’s testimony is greater, because it is God’s testimony that He has given about His Son.
ICB
We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important. And he has told us the truth about his own Son.
ISV
If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God and because he has testified about his Son.
PHILLIPS
Jesus Christ himself is the one who came by water and by blood—not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. The Spirit bears witness to this, for the Spirit is the truth. The witness therefore is a triple one—the Spirit in our own hearts, the signs of the water of baptism and the blood of atonement—and they all say the same thing. If we are prepared to accept human testimony, God’s own testimony concerning his own Son is surely infinitely more valuable. The man who really believes in the Son of God will find God’s testimony in his own heart. The man who will not believe God is making him out to be a liar, because he is deliberately refusing to accept the testimony that God has given concerning his own Son. This is, that God has given men eternal life and this real life is to be found only in his Son. It follows naturally that any man who has genuine contact with Christ has this life; and if he has not, then he does not possess this life at all.
JUB
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.
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness about His Son.
LEB
If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.
TLB
We believe men who witness in our courts, and so surely we can believe whatever God declares. And God declares that Jesus is his Son.
MSG
If we take human testimony at face value, how much more should we be reassured when God gives testimony as he does here, testifying concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God inwardly confirms God’s testimony. Whoever refuses to believe in effect calls God a liar, refusing to believe God’s own testimony regarding his Son.
MEV
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God which He has given concerning His Son.
MOUNCE
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning · his Son.
NOG
We accept human testimony. God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony that he has given about his Son.
NABRE
If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony of God is this, that he has testified on behalf of his Son.
NASB
If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.
NASB1995
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.
NCB
If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For it is the testimony of God, the testimony that he has given about his Son.
NCV
We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important, and he has told us the truth about his own Son.
NET
If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.
NIRV
We accept what people say when they are witnesses. But it’s more important when God is a witness. That’s because it is what God says about his Son.
NIV
We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
NIVUK
We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.
NKJV
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.
NLV
If we believe what men say, we can be sure what God says is more important. God has spoken as He has told us about His Son.
NLT
Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son.
NMB
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God, which he testified of his Son.
NRSVA
If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.
NRSVACE
If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.
NRSVCE
If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.
NRSVUE
If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son.
NTFE
If we have received human witness, God’s witness is greater. This is the witness of God, the testimony he has borne to his son.
OJB
If the solemn eidus of Bnei Adam we receive, the solemn eidus of Hashem is greater, because this is the eidus of Hashem that He has testified concerning the Son of the Oybeshter.
RGT
If we receive the witness of man, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which He testified about His Son:
RSV
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.
RSVCE
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.
TLV
If we accept men’s testimony, God’s testimony is greater—for this it is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
VOICE
If we accept the testimonies of people, then we must realize the testimony of God is greater than that of any person. God certified the truth about His own 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.
WE
We believe what people prove to us. But when God proves something it is stronger than what people prove. This is what God proved about his Son.
WYC
If we receive the witnessing of men, the witnessing of God is more; for this is the witnessing of God, that is more, for he witnessed of 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.
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