John 5:44 Parallel Translations

How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and don't look for the praise that comes from the only God?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

ASV:

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

BBE:

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

DBY:

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which comes from God alone?

ERV:

How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

WEY:

How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?

WBS:

How can ye believe, who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?

WEB:

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

YLT:

how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?

John 5:44 Cross References

XREF:

John 5:41 "I do not receive glory from men;

John 17:3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Romans 2:29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

5:44 How can ye believe? This verse shows that unbelief is due to the moral condition.

WES:

5:44 While ye receive honour - That is, while ye seek the praise of men rather than the praise of God. At the feast of pentecost, kept in commemoration of the giving the law from Mount Sinai, their sermons used to be full of the praises of the law, and of the people to whom it was given. How mortifying then must the following words of our Lord be to them, while they were thus exulting in Moses and his law!

MHC:

5:39-44 The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. Ye do search the Scriptures, and ye do well to do so. They did indeed search the Scriptures, but it was with a view to their own glory. It is possible for men to be very studious in the letter of the Scriptures, yet to be strangers to its power. Or, Search the Scriptures, and so it was spoken to them in the nature of an appeal. Ye profess to receive and believe the Scripture, let that be the judge. It is spoken to us as advising or commanding all Christians to search the Scriptures. Not only read them, and hear them, but search them; which denotes diligence in examining and studying them. We must search the Scriptures for heaven as our great end; For in them ye think ye have eternal life. We must search the Scriptures for Christ, as the new and living Way, that leads to this end. To this testimony Christ adds reproofs of their unbelief and wickedness; their neglect of him and his doctrine. Also he reproves their want of the love of God. But there is life with Jesus Christ for poor souls. Many who make a great profession of religion, yet show they want the love of God, by their neglect of Christ and contempt of his commandments. It is the love of God in us, the love that is a living, active principle in the heart, which God will accept. They slighted and undervalued Christ, because they admired and overvalued themselves. How can those believe, who make the praise and applause of men their idol! When Christ and his followers are men wondered at, how can those believe, the utmost of whose ambition is to make a fair show in the flesh!

CONC:

Able Accept Alone Believe Desire Effort Faith Glory Honor Honour Obtain Possible Praise Receive Receiving Seek Yet

Able Accept Alone Believe Desire Effort Faith Glory Honor Honour Obtain Possible Praise Receive Receiving Seek

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