Parallel Verses
Amplified
Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal [of approval] to this: God is true [and he knows that God cannot lie].
New American Standard Bible
He who has received His testimony
King James Version
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
Holman Bible
The one who has accepted His testimony has affirmed that God is true.
International Standard Version
The person who has accepted his testimony has acknowledged that God is truthful.
A Conservative Version
He who has received his testimony has set a seal that God is true.
American Standard Version
He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this , that God is true.
An Understandable Version
The person who has accepted Jesus' testimony has confirmed this [fact], that God is truthful.
Anderson New Testament
He that has received his testimony has solemnly declared that God is true.
Bible in Basic English
He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.
Common New Testament
He who has received his testimony has certified that God is true.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he that hath received his testimony, hath set his seal to this, that God is true.
Darby Translation
He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true;
Godbey New Testament
The one having received His testimony hath set his seal, that God is true.
Goodspeed New Testament
Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true.
John Wesley New Testament
He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal, that God is true.
Julia Smith Translation
He having received his testimony has fixed a seal that God is true.
King James 2000
He that has received his testimony has set his seal to this that God is true.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true.
Modern King James verseion
He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Howbeit, he that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
Moffatt New Testament
Whoever does accept it, certifies to the truth of God.
Montgomery New Testament
Whoever does receive it has set his seal that God is true.
NET Bible
The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.
New Heart English Bible
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
Noyes New Testament
He that hath received his testimony hath set his seal that God is true.
Sawyer New Testament
He that receives his testimony has sealed that God is true.
The Emphasized Bible
He that hath received his witness, hath set seal - that, God, is, true.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
He that receiveth his testimony hath avouched that God is true.
Twentieth Century New Testament
They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true.
Webster
He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal that God is true.
Weymouth New Testament
Any man who has received His testimony has solemnly declared that God is true.
Williams New Testament
Whoever does accept His testimony has certified with a seal that God is true.
World English Bible
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
Worrell New Testament
He that received His testimony did set his seal to it, that God is true.
Worsley New Testament
He that hath received his testimony, hath set his seal to this, that God is true:
Youngs Literal Translation
he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;
Themes
John » Testifies to the messiahship of jesus
John the baptist » Baptism by » His testimony concerning Christ
Interlinear
Sphragizo
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus
32
What He has [actually] seen and heard, of that He testifies; and yet no one accepts His testimony [as true].
33 Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal [of approval] to this: God is true [and he knows that God cannot lie].
34
For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father’s own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]!
Cross References
John 6:27
Romans 3:3-4
What then? If some did not believe or were unfaithful [to God], their lack of belief will not nullify and make invalid the faithfulness of God and His word, will it?
Romans 4:18-21
In hope against hope Abraham believed that he would become a father of many nations, as he had been promised [by God]: “So [numberless] shall your descendants be.”
2 Corinthians 1:18
But [as surely as] God is faithful and means what He says, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No” [at the same time].
2 Corinthians 1:22
it is He who has also put His seal on us [that is, He has appropriated us and certified us as His] and has given us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge [like a security deposit to guarantee the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life].
Ephesians 1:13
In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God].
Titus 1:1-2
Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God’s chosen ones and [to lead and encourage them to recognize and pursue] the knowledge of the truth which leads to godliness,
Hebrews 6:17
In the same way God, in His desire to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, intervened and guaranteed it with an oath,
1 John 5:9-10
If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [that is, if we are willing to take the sworn statements of fallible humans as evidence], the testimony of God is greater [far more authoritative]; for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified regarding His Son.
Revelation 7:3-8
saying, “Do not harm the earth nor the sea nor the trees until we