John 5:31-47 - Further Testimony About The Son
31 If I testify about myself, my testimony is not [considered] true. 32 [But] there is Someone else [i.e., God] who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony He gives about me is true. 33 "You people have sent to John [the Immerser, for information. See 1:19] and he has given true testimony [about me]. 34 But I do not rely on the testimony of men about me; therefore I tell you these things so you will be saved [i.e., from condemning judgment. See verse 29]. 35 John was the lamp that was burning and glowing and you people were willing to enjoy the light that he projected for awhile.
36 But my testimony is greater than John's. For the deeds the Father has given me to complete, the very deeds I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me testifies concerning me. You people have never heard His voice nor seen His form. 38 And you do not keep His message living in your [hearts], for you do not believe [in] the One whom God sent [i.e., in Jesus]. 39 You search through the Scriptures [i.e., the Old Testament], because you think that you will [learn how to] have never ending life by [reading] them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me. 40 But you do not want to come to me [i.e., to believe in me. See verse 38] so that you will have [never ending] life.
41 "I do not accept honor from mankind, 42 but I know you [well enough], that you do not have a love for God within you. 43 I have come in my Father's name [i.e., by His authority] and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name [i.e., by his own authority], you will accept him. 44 How can you believe [in me] when you [offer and] accept honors from one another, but do not try to obtain the honor that comes from the only God? 45 "Do not think that I will accuse you [of wrongdoing] before the Father; Moses, on whom you have set your hope [i.e., you base your acceptance with God on the promises found in Moses' writings], he is the one who accuses you [i.e., in his writings]. 46 For if you believed Moses' [writings], you would [also] believe in me, for he wrote about me. [See Deut. 18:15-19]. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how do you expect to believe my message?"