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John 5:31

John 5:31 is verse 31 of John chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

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King James Version

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

World English Bible

“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

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John 5:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

29 and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

30 I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

31 If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

32 There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 8:13

So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”

John 8:14

Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

John 8:54

Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.

Revelation 3:14

To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

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