John 5:42

Easy To Read Version

But I know you—I know that you don’t have God’s love in you.

Cross References

Luke 16:15

Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You make yourselves look good in front of people. But God knows what is really in your hearts. The things that people think are important are worth nothing to God.

John 2:25

Jesus did not need any person to tell him about people. Jesus knew what was in a person’s mind.

John 21:17

A third time Jesus said, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

John 5:41

“I don’t want praise from you or any other human.

John 5:43

I have come from my Father—I speak for him. But you don’t accept me. But when another person comes speaking only for himself, you will accept him.

John 5:44

You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

John 8:42

Jesus said to those Jews, “If God were really your Father, then you would love me. I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come by my own authority. God sent me.

John 8:47

The person that belongs to God accepts what God says. But you don’t accept what God says, because you don’t belong to God.”

John 8:55

But you don’t really know him. I know him. If I said I did not know him, then I would be a liar like you are liars. But I do know him. And I obey what he says.

Romans 8:7

Why is this true? Because if a person’s thinking is controlled by his sinful self, then that person is against God. That person refuses to obey God’s law. And really that person is not able to obey God’s law.

1 John 2:15

Don’t love this evil world or the things in it. If a person loves the world, the love of the Father (God) is not in that person.

1 John 3:17

Suppose a believer is rich enough to have all the things he needs. He sees his brother \{in Christ\} who is poor and does not have the things he needs. What if the believer who has things does not help the poor brother? Then the believer who has the things he needs does not have God’s love in his heart.

1 John 4:20

If a person says, “I love God,” but that person hates his brother or sister \{in Christ\}, then that person is a liar. That person can see his brother, but he hates him. So that person cannot love God, because he has never seen God!

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who knows what people feel and think. And I will repay each of you for the things you have done.