John 5:42

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	ἀλλ᾽ all᾽	G235	properly · conjunction
I know	ἔγνωκα egnōka	G1097	to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applicatio… · verb — perfect active indicative, 1st person singular
you	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
that	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
ye have	ἔχετε echete	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person plural
not	οὐκ ouk	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
the love	ἀγάπην agapēn	G26	love · noun — accusative singular feminine
of God	θεοῦ theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
you	ἑαυτοῖς.¶ he'autois	G1438	him- (her- · reflexive pronoun

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God wh…
John 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love…
John 8:47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Luke 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among…
John 1:47-49 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 5:31–end

In these verses our Lord Jesus proves and confirms the commission he had produced, and makes it out that he was sent of God to be the Messiah. I. He sets aside his own testimony of himself (Joh 5:31): "If I bear witness of myself, though it is infallibly true (Joh 8:14), yet, according to the common rule of judgment among men, you will not admit it as legal proof, nor allow it to be given in evidence." Now, 1. This reflects reproach upon the sons of men, and their veracity and integrity. Surely we may say deliberately, what David said in haste, All men are liars, else it would never have been such a received maxim that a man's testimony of himself is suspicious, and not to be relied on; it i…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:42

not the love of God in you--which would inspire you with a single desire to know His mind and will, and yield yourselves to it, in spite of prejudice and regardless of consequences.

Adam Clarke on John 5:42

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. Had you been as diligent to find out the truth, as you have been to find out allegories, false glosses, and something to countenance you in your crimes, you would have known that the Messiah, who is equal with God, must be the Son of man also, and the inheritor of David's…

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John Gill on John 5:42

But I know you,.... Being the omniscient God, he knew not only their persons, but their hearts, the thoughts of their hearts; what was in them, and what was wanting in them: particularly, that ye have not the love of God in you; and which is not in any man's heart naturally; for the carnal mind is enmity to God; and men, by nature, are haters of him, and enemies in their minds to him, till this grace, which is a fruit of the Spirit, is implanted in them, in regeneration: love to God, is one of the weightier matters of the law, the Jews passed over; without which, all the actions of men signify nothing: this they made great pretensions to, and would have had it thought, that it was from love…

Dictionary and topics

Godlessness · 2:32; — 2:32;
Love · 22:37,38; — 22:37,38;
Love To God · Hypocrites, without — Hypocrites, without

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 5:42

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 5:31–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:42

Adam Clarke on John 5:42

John Gill on John 5:42

Dictionary and topics

John 5:42

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 5:31–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 5:42

Adam Clarke on John 5:42

John Gill on John 5:42

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 5:41–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 5:42