John 3:12
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
- KJV
- If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
- WEB
- If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
- ASV
- If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
- DARBY
- If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe?
- BLB
- If I spoke to you⁺ earthly things and you⁺ do not believe, how will you⁺ believe if I should speak to you⁺ heavenly things?
- ÅB
- Når jeg har sagt dere de jordiske ting, og dere ikke tror, hvordan skal dere da tro om jeg sier dere de himmelske?
- OTB
- Hvis jeg har talt til dere om jordiske ting og dere ikke tror, hvordan skal dere da tro når jeg taler om himmelske ting?
- B1930
- Når jeg har sagt eder de jordiske ting, og I ikke tror, hvorledes skal I da tro om jeg sier eder de himmelske?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 3:1–2
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:7–9
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Read in contextHebrews 5:11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Read in contextJohn 3:31–36
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Read in context1 Peter 2:1–3
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Read in contextJohn 1:1–14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Read in contextJohn 3:13–17
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Read in contextJohn 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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