John 5:38
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
John 5:38 in other translations
| BSB | nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent. |
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| WEB | You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent. |
| ASV | And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. |
| YLT | and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe. |
| DARBY | and ye have not his word abiding in you; for whom he hath sent, him ye do not believe. |
| BBE | And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent. |
| Webster | And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. |
What does John 5:38 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:36-38
36-38. I have greater witness--rather, "The witness which I have is greater." the works ... bear witness of me--not simply as miracles nor even as a miracle of mercy, but these miracles, as He did them, with a will and a power, a majesty and a grace manifestly His own.
Barnes' Notes
1st. They had not obeyed the command of God.
2nd. They had not regarded his manifestations, either in the times of the old dispensation, or now through the Messiah.
3rd. They did not yield to what he had said in the revelation of the Old Testament.
For whom he hath sent. God had foretold that the Messiah would come. He had now given evidence that Jesus was he; but now they rejected him, and this was proof that they did not regard the word of God.
(n) "And you have not" 1Jn 2:14
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 5:30-38
Our Lord returns to his declaration of the entire agreement between the Father and the Son, and declared himself the Son of God. He had higher testimony than that of John; his works bore witness to all he had said. But the Divine word had no abiding-place in their hearts, as they refused to believe in Him whom the Father had sent, according to his ancient promises. The voice of God, accompanied by the power of the…
John 5:38 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 5:38
- 1 John 2:14
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
- John 12:44-48
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. …
- Deuteronomy 6:6-9
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- Proverbs 7:1-2
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
- Isaiah 53:1-3
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- James 1:21-22
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
- John 5:42-43
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
- John 8:46-47
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
- Proverbs 2:1-2
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
- John 3:17-21
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. …
- John 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
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Context
- John 5:37
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- John 5:38
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
- John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 5:38 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ni tenéis su palabra permanente en vosotros; porque al que él envió, á éste vosotros no creéis. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et vous n’avez pas sa parole demeurant en vous; car celui-là que lui a envoyé, vous, vous ne le croyez pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sein Wort habt ihr nicht bleibend in euch; denn welchen er gesandt hat, diesem glaubet ihr nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et verbum ejus non habetis in vobis manens: quia quem misit ille, huic vos non creditis. |