John 5:42 BSB — MannaFest

John 5:42

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

KJV

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

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Commentary

1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on John (1107)

You persecute Me under the pretext that you love God. But this is not so, no. For I know about you that you do not have the love of God in yourselves, even though you put forward everywhere that you persecute Me out of love …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But I know you, that ye have not, etc. - Don’t say that you oppose me through zeal for God’s honor, and love for his name, because I make myself equal to him: no, this is not the case. I know the dispositions of your souls; and I know ye have neither love for his name, nor zeal for his glory. Incorrigible ignorance, and malicious jealousy, actuate your hearts. Ye read the Scriptures, but ye do not enter into their meaning.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

This passage concludes our Lord Jesus Christ's wondrous defense of His own divine mission. It is a conclusion worthy of the defense, full of heart-searching appeals to the consciences of His enemies, and rich in deep truths. A mighty sermon is followed by a mighty application. Let us mark, in this passage, the reason why many souls are lost. The Lord Jesus says to the unbelieving Jews—"You will not come to me that you might have life." These words are a golden sentence, which ought to be engraved in our memories, and treasured up in our minds.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

How touching and gracious are these last words! Observe here (1) The honor which Christ gives to the Scriptures, as a record which all have a right and are bound to search--the reverse of which the Church of Rome teaches; (2) The opposite extreme is, resting in the mere Book without the living Christ, to direct the soul to whom is its main use and chiefest glory.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἔγνωκα	egnōka	I have known	G1097 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἀγάπην	agapēn	love	G26 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔχετε	echete	you have	G2192 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἑαυτοῖς.¶	he'autois	yourselves.	G1438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
leads to
- James 4:4
  You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 12:2
  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
- Matthew 6:24
  No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and…
- Colossians 3:1–2
  Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
- Luke 16:13
  No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and…
Through
1 John 3:17
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Through
Romans 8:7
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
  The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Through
1 John 4:20
If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
leads to
- 1 John 3:17
  If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?