John 5:40
38 nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
39 You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
41 I do not accept glory from men,
42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
- KJV
- And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
- WEB
- Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
- ASV
- and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
- DARBY
- and ye will not come to me that ye might have life.
- BLB
- and you⁺ are not willing to come to Me so that you⁺ may have life.
- ÅB
- og dere vil ikke komme til meg for å få liv.
- OTB
- likevel vil dere ikke komme til meg for å få liv.
- B1930
- og I vil ikke komme til mig for å få liv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:19
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
Read in contextJohn 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Read in contextPsalms 81:11
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Read in contextJohn 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
Read in contextMatthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Read in contextJohn 7:37–38
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:7
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
Read in contextJohn 8:45–46
But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
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