41 (A)I do not receive glory from people; 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not [a]receive Me; (B)if another comes in his own name, you will [b]receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you [c](C)accept [d]glory from one another and you do not seek (D)the [e]glory that is from (E)the one and only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is (F)Moses, in whom you have put your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for (G)he wrote about Me. 47 But (H)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

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  1. John 5:43 Or accept
  2. John 5:43 Or accept
  3. John 5:44 Or receive
  4. John 5:44 Or honor
  5. John 5:44 Or honor

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(A) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[a]?(B)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(C) on whom your hopes are set.(D) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(E) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(F)

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  1. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One

41 I don't care about human praise, 42 but I do know that none of you love God. 43 I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own. 44 How could you possibly believe? You like to have your friends praise you, and you don't care about praise that the only God can give!

45 Don't think that I will be the one to accuse you to the Father. You have put your hope in Moses, yet he is the very one who will accuse you. 46 Moses wrote about me, and if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me. 47 But if you don't believe what Moses wrote, how can you believe what I say?

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41-44 “I’m not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I know you and your crowds. I know that love, especially God’s love, is not on your working agenda. I came with the authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another came, acting self-important, you would welcome him with open arms. How do you expect to get anywhere with God when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, ranking your rivals and ignoring God?

45-47 “But don’t think I’m going to accuse you before my Father. Moses, in whom you put so much stock, is your accuser. If you believed, really believed, what Moses said, you would believe me. He wrote of me. If you won’t take seriously what he wrote, how can I expect you to take seriously what I speak?”

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