“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
Parallel translations
- KJV If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
- BSB If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
- NKJV “If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
- NASB “If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true.
- NLT “If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Prov 27:2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
- John 8:54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
- John 8:13–14The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
- Rev 3:14“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God’s creation, says these things:
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