1Jn 5:9
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.
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by {that} man whom he hath ordained; {whereof} he hath given assurance unto all {men}, in that he hath raised him from the dead. {hath given...: or, offered faith}
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and {so is} also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
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.
God also bearing {them} witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? {gifts: or, distributions}
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father {is} in me, and I in him.
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
That by two immutable things, in which {it was} impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son {to be} the Saviour of the world.
But I have greater witness than {that} of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, {even} by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; {with: or, in}
Wherefore? Because {they sought it} not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.