John 5:47
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
But if ye beleeue not his writings, how shall ye beleeue my words?
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John 5:47
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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5:39¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
5:39¶ Search the Scriptures, for in them ye thinke ye haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.
5:40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
5:40And ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.
5:41I receive not honour from men.
5:41I receiue not honour from men.
5:42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
5:42But I know you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.
5:43I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
5:43I am come in my Fathers name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne Name, him ye will receiue.
5:44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
5:44*How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, & seeke not the honour that commeth from God onely?
5:45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
5:45Doe not thinke that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, euen Moses, in whom ye trust?
5:46For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
5:46For had ye beleeued Moses, ye would haue beleeued me: *for he wrote of me.
5:47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
5:47But if ye beleeue not his writings, how shall ye beleeue my words?
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