# John 5.31

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.</span>**
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> 32. <span class="rl-speech">It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.</span> (John 5:29-33, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.</span>**
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> 32. <span class="rl-speech">It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.</span> (John 5:29-33, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.</span>**
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> 32. <span class="rl-speech">There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.</span> (John 5:29-33, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 29. <span class="rl-speech">and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">'I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.</span>
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> **31. <span class="rl-speech">'If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;</span>**
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> 32. <span class="rl-speech">another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.</span> (John 5:29-33, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [How Can Jesus Be God Objection Defeater](/codex/how-can-jesus-be-god-objection-defeater/)
- [Jesus Never Claimed to Be God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-never-claimed-to-be-god-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 5](/codex/john-5/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.