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John 3:33

Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

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ASV

He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.

KJV

He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὁhoThe [one]G3588 →
λαβὼνlabōnhaving receivedG2983 →
αὐτοῦautouHisG846 →
τὴνtēn<the>G3588 →
μαρτυρίανmarturiantestimonyG3141 →
ἐσφράγισενesphragisenhas set his sealG4972 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
ἀληθήςalēthēstrueG227 →
ἐστιν.estinis.G1510 →

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1 Thessalonians 5:24The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”1 John 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.Ephesians 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,Hebrews 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.2 Corinthians 1:18But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”Titus 1:1–2Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”Romans 4:18–21Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”2 Corinthians 1:22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.Romans 3:3–4What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.Revelation 7:3–8“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”1 John 5:9–10Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.Jeremiah 32:10I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.John 7:28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,John 3:32He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

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