John 5:42

40 yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

41 I do not accept glory from men,

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

44 How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
KJV
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
WEB
But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
ASV
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
DARBY
but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
BLB
but I have known you⁺, that you⁺ do not have the love of God in yourselves.
ÅB
men jeg kjenner dere og vet at dere ikke har kjærligheten til Gud i dere.
OTB
men jeg kjenner dere. Jeg forstår at dere ikke har Guds kjærlighet i dere.
B1930
men jeg kjenner eder og vet at I ikke har kjærligheten til Gud i eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 John 4:20

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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  • 1 John 2:15

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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  • 1 John 3:17

    If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

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  • John 2:25

    He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

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  • Romans 8:7

    because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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  • John 8:47

    Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

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  • John 15:23–24

    Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.

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  • Hebrews 4:12–13

    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.

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