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.


In Context

6 This one is he who did come through water and blood — Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

7 because three are who are testifying in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these — the three — are one;

8 and three are who are testifying in the earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

9 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.

10 He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

11 and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this — the 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 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.