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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/john/5.htm">New International Version</a> nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. <a href="/nlt/john/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you. <a href="/esv/john/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. <a href="/bsb/john/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent. <a href="/blb/john/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. <a href="/kjv/john/5.htm">King James Bible</a> And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. <a href="/nkjv/john/5.htm">New King James Version</a> But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. <a href="/nasb_/john/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Also you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent. <a href="/nasb/john/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. <a href="/nasb77/john/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. <a href="/lsb/john/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. <a href="/amp/john/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You do not have His word (Scripture) abiding in you [actually living in your hearts and minds], because you do not believe in Him whom He has sent. <a href="/csb/john/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You don’t have his word residing in you, because you don’t believe the one he sent. <a href="/hcsb/john/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You don&#8217t have His word living in you, because you don&#8217t believe the One He sent. <a href="/asv/john/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. <a href="/cev/john/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You have not believed his message, because you refused to have faith in the one he sent. <a href="/erv/john/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not. <a href="/gwt/john/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So you don't have the Father's message within you, because you don't believe in the person he has sent. <a href="/gnt/john/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe in the one whom he sent. <a href="/isv/john/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> nor do you have his word at work in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he sent. <a href="/msb/john/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent. <a href="/net/john/5.htm">NET Bible</a> nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. <a href="/nheb/john/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You do not have his word living in you; because you do not believe him whom he sent. <a href="/wbt/john/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. <a href="/wey/john/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent. <a href="/web/john/5.htm">World English Bible</a> You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent. <a href="/blb/john/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. <a href="/ylt/john/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe. <a href="/slt/john/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And his word ye have not remaining in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him you believe not. <a href="/cpdv/john/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you do not have his word abiding in you. For the one whom he sent, the same you would not believe. <a href="/nabre/john/5.htm">New American Bible</a> and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent. <a href="/nrsvce/john/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And his word does not abide in you, because you do not believe in him whom he has sent. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And his word is not abiding in you, because you are not trusting in him whom he has sent.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And his word you have not remaining in you; for whom he has sent, him you believe not.<CM> <a href="/godbey/john/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>and you have not His word abiding in you: because you do not believe Him whom He has sent.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. <a href="/mace/john/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> nor will his Logos abide among you: for tho' he hath sent him, you do not believe him. <a href="/wey/john/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent. <a href="/worrell/john/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And ye have not His word abiding in you; because Whom He sent, Him ye believe not.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>And ye have not his word abiding in you; because ye believe not Him, whom He hath sent.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/5-38.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=1650" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/5.htm">Testimonies about Jesus</a> …37And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form, 38<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">nor</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echete (V-PIA-2P) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">does</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3056.htm" title="3056: logon (N-AMS) -- From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.">word</a> <a href="/greek/3306.htm" title="3306: menonta (V-PPA-AMS) -- To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.">abide</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymeis (PPro-N2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">do not</a> <a href="/greek/4100.htm" title="4100: pisteuete (V-PIA-2P) -- From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.">believe</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: toutō (DPro-DMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">the One</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hon (RelPro-AMS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinos (DPro-NMS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">He</a> <a href="/greek/649.htm" title="649: apesteilen (V-AIA-3S) -- From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.">sent.</a> 39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/8-47.htm">John 8:47</a> Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” <a href="/john/3-18.htm">John 3:18</a> Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. <a href="/john/12-48.htm">John 12:48</a> There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. <a href="/john/15-7.htm">John 15:7</a> If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. <a href="/john/14-24.htm">John 14:24</a> Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me. <a href="/john/6-63.htm">John 6:63</a> The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. <a href="/john/8-37.htm">John 8:37</a> I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you. <a href="/1_john/2-14.htm">1 John 2:14</a> I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. <a href="/1_john/2-24.htm">1 John 2:24</a> As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father. <a href="/romans/10-17.htm">Romans 10:17</a> Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Hebrews 4:2</a> For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a> For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:13</a> And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe. <a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Matthew 13:19</a> When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. <a href="/luke/8-12.htm">Luke 8:12</a> The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he has sent, him you believe not.ye have.<a href="/john/5-42.htm">John 5:42,46,47</a> But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you… <a href="/john/8-37.htm">John 8:37,46,47</a> I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you… <a href="/john/15-7.htm">John 15:7</a> If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.for.<a href="/john/5-43.htm">John 5:43</a> I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.<a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a> He came unto his own, and his own received him not.<a href="/john/3-18.htm">John 3:18-21</a> He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/1-33.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/john/4-48.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/luke/21-35.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/john/1-14.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/john/5-24.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/john/4-45.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/john/2-10.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/luke/9-5.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/john/1-33.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/john/4-14.htm">Within</a> <a href="/john/5-24.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/14-10.htm">Abiding</a> <a href="/john/5-44.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/acts/1-20.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/john/14-2.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/john/5-44.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/john/5-42.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/john/6-42.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/john/5-40.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/john/6-27.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/john/5-42.htm">Within</a> <a href="/john/6-60.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">John 5</div>1. <a href="/john/5-1.htm">Jesus on the Sabbath day cures him who was diseased thirty-eight years.</a> 10. <a href="/john/5-10.htm">The Jews therefore object, and persecute him for it.</a> 17. <a href="/john/5-17.htm">He answers for himself, and reproves them, showing by the testimony of his Father,</a> 31. <a href="/john/5-31.htm">of John,</a> 36. <a href="/john/5-36.htm">of his works,</a> 39. <a href="/john/5-39.htm">and of the Scriptures, who he is.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>nor does His word abide in you This phrase highlights the importance of internalizing God's word. In the Jewish tradition, the Torah was central to life and worship, and memorization of scripture was common. The word "abide" suggests a deep, ongoing presence, indicating that God's word should dwell within believers, influencing their thoughts and actions. This echoes <a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a>, "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you," emphasizing the transformative power of scripture when it truly resides within a person.because you do not believe Belief is a central theme in the Gospel of John, where faith in Jesus is presented as the pathway to eternal life (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>). The lack of belief here is not just intellectual assent but a failure to trust and commit to the truth of Jesus' identity and mission. This reflects the broader context of <a href="/john/5.htm">John 5</a>, where Jesus is addressing Jewish leaders who are skeptical of His claims and miracles. Their unbelief prevents them from understanding and accepting the deeper truths of God's revelation.the One He sent This phrase refers to Jesus as the sent one from God, a concept rooted in the Old Testament where prophets were often described as being sent by God (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/6-8.htm">Isaiah 6:8</a>). In the New Testament, Jesus is uniquely the sent one, fulfilling prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/61.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a>, which Jesus reads in <a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18-21</a>, declaring its fulfillment in Him. The sending of Jesus is a key theme in John, underscoring His divine mission and authority. This also connects to the concept of Jesus as the ultimate revelation of God, as seen in <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>, where the Word becomes flesh and dwells among us.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is addressing the Jewish leaders who are questioning His authority and divinity. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jewish_leaders.htm">Jewish Leaders</a> The audience to whom Jesus is speaking. They are skeptical of Jesus' claims and are seeking to challenge Him. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The setting of this discourse, where Jesus often engaged with religious leaders and performed miracles. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_father.htm">The Father</a> God the Father, who sent Jesus into the world. The relationship between the Father and the Son is a key theme in this passage. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_word.htm">The Word</a> Refers to the message and teachings of God, which Jesus embodies and communicates.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_belief.htm">The Importance of Belief</a> Belief in Jesus as the One sent by God is crucial for His Word to abide in us. Without belief, the transformative power of God's Word cannot take root in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_indwelling_word.htm">The Indwelling Word</a> For God's Word to abide in us, we must actively engage with it through study, meditation, and application. This requires a heart open to receiving and living out the truth of Scripture. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith.htm">The Role of Faith</a> Faith is the foundation that allows God's Word to dwell within us. It is through faith that we accept Jesus and His teachings, leading to spiritual growth and maturity. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unbelief.htm">The Consequences of Unbelief</a> The Jewish leaders' failure to believe in Jesus resulted in a lack of God's Word abiding in them. This serves as a warning to us about the dangers of unbelief and the importance of accepting Jesus' authority. <a href="/topical/l/living_out_the_word.htm">Living Out the Word</a> As believers, we are called to not only hear the Word but to live it out in our daily lives. This involves aligning our actions and decisions with the teachings of Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 5</a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_three_ananias_in_the_bible.htm">What defines a victorious Christian life?</a> <a href="/q/how_are_we_cleansed_from_sin.htm">How can you consistently remain in Him?</a> <a href="/q/why_are_some_prayers_unanswered.htm">Jesus says, 'Ask anything in my name, and I will do it' (John 14:13-14), but prayers often go unanswered--why?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_abide_in_christ.htm">What does it mean to abide in Christ?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(38) Abiding in you.--This striking thought of the word taking up its abode in the mind, and forming the mind in which it dwells, meets us only in St. John. (Comp. <a href="/john/15-7.htm" title="If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you.">John 15:7</a>; <a href="/1_john/2-14.htm" title="I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God stays in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.">1John 2:14</a>; <a href="/1_john/2-24.htm" title="Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.">1John 2:24</a>; <a href="/1_john/3-9.htm" title="Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.">1John 3:9</a>; <a href="/1_john/3-17.htm" title="But whoever has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?">1John 3:17</a>; and Note on <a href="/john/6-36.htm" title="But I said to you, That you also have seen me, and believe not.">John 6:36</a>.) They had, indeed, the word of God, but they had it not as a power ever living in them. They locked it up with sacred care in ark and synagogue, but it found no home in their inmost life, and had no real power on their practice. They could take it up and put it down. It was something outside themselves. Had it been in them, it would have produced in them a moral consciousness, which would have accepted, as of the same nature with itself, every fuller revelation from God. Their own spirits, moulded by the word of God dwelling in them, would have received the Word of God now among them. (Comp. Excursus A: Doctrine of the Word.) The fact that they believed not Him whom God sent (not "hath sent") was itself the proof that they had not the abiding word. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 38. - And further, you have not his Word (ΤΟΝ ΛΟΓΟΝ ΑΥΤΟΥ) abiding in you. The Word of the Father (for the αὐτου refers to the Father), i.e. the full expression of the Father's heart, was sounding through the voice of the Son of God, and might have entered into and become an abiding power in their inmost conscience and their spiritual life; but they had not received the "Word" of the Lord through the "Voice" of the Lord. The reason given is, Because him whom he (the Father) sent, him (this One) ye believe not. In other words, "Your lack of faith in me accounts for your perverse misconception, for your inability to see and hear all that there is of the Father's personal testimony to me." Some suspect a petitio principii in this argument, but the reasoning seems to be this; there is abundant evidence, corroboration, and cooperative glory, affirming the truth of all that Christ has said about himself as the Source of life and Judge of man; but the moral susceptibility of his hearers is paralyzed, and their faith in the most fundamental facts of their own experience is at fault. They seem impervious, not only to Christ's Word, but to the corroborative testimonies themselves. <a href="/commentaries/john/5-38.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[nor] καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [does] ἔχετε (echete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. word λόγον (logon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3056.htm">Strong's 3056: </a> From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. abide μένοντα (menonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3306.htm">Strong's 3306: </a> To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. you, ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. you ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. {do} not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. believe πιστεύετε (pisteuete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. the [One] τούτῳ (toutō) Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. He ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. sent. ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_649.htm">Strong's 649: </a> From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/5-38.htm">John 5:38 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/5-38.htm">NT Gospels: John 5:38 You don't have his word living (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/5-37.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 5:37"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 5:37" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/5-39.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 5:39"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 5:39" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>