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.


In Context

6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

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

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

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.

10 He 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.

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

1 John 5:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:9We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9If 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.