John 3:30 - Plain English Version

³⁰ He has to get more and more important. But I am not important, and later I will be like nothing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. [He must grow more prominent; I must grow less so.] [Isa. 9:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease.

Common English Bible

³⁰ He must increase and I must decrease.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ He must increase, while I must decrease.

John 3:30 Referencias Cruzadas

Colossians 1:18

Jesus is the leader of all God’s people, and God’s people are the church. It’s like God’s people are a body, and Jesus is their head. He is the church’s leader. He was the first one to ever die and then come back to life and keep on living. So he is really great. He is greater than anyone else, and greater than anything else, anywhere.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Just think about Apollos and me, Paul. We are not important bosses. We are only workers for God. God gave each of us our jobs, and we helped you believe in Jesus Christ. I’ll use picture talk now. Think about a garden. One worker plants seeds, and another worker puts water on the young plants to help them grow properly. But it is God that makes the seeds grow up to be big plants. The worker that plants the seeds is not important, and the worker that gives water to the plants is not important. The important one is God. He makes the plants grow. Well, that picture story about a garden is a picture of you mob. God is making you grow like he makes those plants grow. And Apollos and me, we work in God’s team, just like those workers in that garden. I started telling you about Jesus, and Apollos taught you more about him. We both want you to have life, but we can’t give you new life. God is the one that gives you new life. We are just his workers, and you know, God will pay each of us for our work.

John 3:29

Listen to this picture story about wedding parties. The man that marries the woman is the important man. The man’s good friend waits for him, and the friend is really happy when the man comes. Well, in the same way, I am like the good friend of Jesus. He came, so I am really happy. And people are going to him, and I am happy about that too.

John 3:31

Yes, Jesus is the most important one, he is the man that came from heaven. But we belong to the earth, so we can only talk about things we see and hear on earth. But Jesus came from heaven, so he knows about everything.