John 5:31
Good News Translation
"If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof.

New Revised Standard Version
“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

Contemporary English Version
If I speak for myself, there is no way to prove I am telling the truth.

New American Bible
“If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony cannot be verified.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

John 8:13,14,54 The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself. Thy testimony is not true. . . .

Proverbs 27:2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

Revelation 3:14 And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God:

Context
Testimonies about Jesus
30I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just: because I seek not my own will. but the will of him that sent me. 31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32There is another that beareth witness of me: and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.…
Cross References
John 8:13
The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself. Thy testimony is not true.

John 8:14
Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came and whither I go.

John 5:30
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