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.


In Context

6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 For there are three who testify:

8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

9 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.

10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

11 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:9 in Other Translations

The 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 hath testified of his Son.

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 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.