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How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, & seeke not the honour that commeth from God onely?
- 1611 King James Bible
John 5:44 side note reference: Chap.12. 43.
Other Translations of John 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')
How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that `cometh' from the only God ye seek not?
- American Standard Version (1901)
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
- Basic English Bible
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
- Darby Bible
How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?
- Douay Rheims Bible
Joh 5:44 How can ye believe? This verse shows that unbelief is due to the moral condition.
- People's Bible
How can ye believe, who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?
- Webster's Bible
How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?
- Weymouth Bible
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- World English Bible
Hou moun ye bileue, that resseyuen glorie ech of othere, and ye seken not the glorie `that is of God aloone?
- Wycliffe Bible
how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that [is] from God alone ye seek not?
- Youngs Literal Bible
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View Wesley's Notes for John 5:44
5:44 While ye receive honour - That is, while ye seek the praise of men rather than the praise of God. At the feast of pentecost, kept in commemoration of the giving the law from Mount Sinai, their sermons used to be full of the praises of the law, and of the people to whom it was given. How mortifying then must the following words of our Lord be to them, while they were thus exulting in Moses and his law!
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