John 3:12 KJV — MannaFest

John 3:12

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

KJV

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ASV

If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?

WEB

If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

YLT

if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?

DBT

If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe?

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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16 verses on the floor

1 Corinthians 3:1–2
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
John 3:31
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
1 Corinthians 2:7–9
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Hebrews 5:11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Romans 10:6
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

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), to show the folly of those who make strange of these things, and to recommend them to our search. Observe here, [1.] That the truths Christ taught were very certain and what we may venture upon (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The things of the gospel are heavenly things, out of the road of the enquiries of human reason, and much more out of the reach of its discoveries. Secondly, To acknowledge with thankfulness the condescension of Christ, that he is pleased to suit the manner of the gospel revelation to our capacities, to speak to us as to children.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thus the Lord of glory, as such, could not be crucified, nor could God, as such, shed his blood; yet that person who was the Lord of glory was crucified ( 1 Cor. ii. 8 ), and God purchased the church with his own blood, Acts xx. So close is the union of the two natures in one person that there is a communication of properties.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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