John 5:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

Common English Bible

³⁸ and you don’t have his word dwelling with you because you don’t believe the one whom he has sent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ And you do not have his word abiding in you. For the one whom he sent, the same you would not believe.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him you believe not.

John 5:38 Cross References

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

Isaiah 26:10

If favor is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; they corrupt what is upright on the earth and do not see the majesty of the Lord.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, “Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

John 1:11

He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.

John 15:7

If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 8:37

I know that you are descendants of Abraham, yet you look for an opportunity to kill me because there is no place in you for my word.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful.

1 John 2:14

I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.