44How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God ?


In Context

41 "I do not accept praise from men,

42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

44 How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God ?

45 "But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.

46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

John 5:44 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:44How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which comes from God alone?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:44How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:44How can ye believe, who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:44How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:44how are ye able — ye — to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:44How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only?