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1st John Chapter 5 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV 1stJohn 5:9

If 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.
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BBE 1stJohn 5:9

If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.
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DARBY 1stJohn 5:9

If 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.
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KJV 1stJohn 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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WBT 1stJohn 5:9


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WEB 1stJohn 5:9

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.
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YLT 1stJohn 5:9

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.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - An argument a fortiori. If we receive expresses no doubt, but states an admitted fact gently (see 1 John 4:11; and comp. John 7:23; John 10:35; John 13:14). "If we accept human witness [and, of course, we do], we must accept Divine witness [and, therefore, must believe that the Son of God is Jesus Christ]; for the witness of God consists in this, that he has borne witness concerning his Son." Note the pertinacious repetition of the word "witness," thoroughly in St John's style. The perfect μεμαρτύρηκε indicates that the witness still continues.

Ellicott's Commentary