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OET (OET-RV) Anyone who does believe him, confirms that God is true.
OET-LV The one having_received of_him the testimony, he_sealed that the god is true.
SR-GNT Ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν, ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ ˚Θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν. ‡
(Ho labōn autou taʸn marturian, esfragisen hoti ho ˚Theos alaʸthaʸs estin.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT The one having received his testimony has set his seal that God is true.
UST However, whoever believes what Jesus says has verified that God is truthful.
BSB Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
BLB The one having received His testimony has set his seal that God is true.
AICNT The one who has received his testimony has sealed that God is true.
OEB They who did accept his statement confirm the fact that God is true.
LSB He who has received His witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
WEB He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
NET The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.
LSV he who is receiving His testimony sealed that God is true;
FBV Yet anyone who accepts what he says confirms that God is truthful.
TCNT Whoever does receive his testimony has certified that God is true.
T4T Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true.
LEB The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true.
BBE He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.
MOF No MOF YHN (JHN) book available
ASV He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.
DRA He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal that God is true.
YLT he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;
DBY He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true;
RV He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.
WBS He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.
KJB He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
(He that hath/has received his testimony hath/has set to his seal that God is true.)
BB He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true.
(He that hath/has received his testimonie, hath/has set to his seale, that God is true.)
GNV He that hath receiued his testimonie, hath sealed that God is true.
(He that hath/has received his testimonie, hath/has sealed that God is true.)
CB But he that receaueth it, hath set to his seale, that God is true.
(But he that receives it, hath/has set to his seale, that God is true.)
TNT How be it he that hath receaved hys testimonye hath set to his seale that God is true.
(How be it he that hath/has received his testimonye hath/has set to his seale that God is true.)
WYC But he that takith his witnessyng, hath confermyd that God is sothefast.
(But he that takith his witnessing, hath/has confermyd that God is sothefast.)
LUT Wer es aber annimmt, der versiegelt es, daß GOtt wahrhaftig sei.
(Who it but annimmt, the versiegelt es, that God wahrhaftig sei.)
CLV Qui accepit ejus testimonium signavit, quia Deus verax est.
(Qui accepit eyus testimonium signavit, because God verax est.)
UGNT ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν, ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.
(ho labōn autou taʸn marturian, esfragisen hoti ho Theos alaʸthaʸs estin.)
SBL-GNT ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.
(ho labōn autou taʸn marturian esfragisen hoti ho theos alaʸthaʸs estin.)
TC-GNT Ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.
(Ho labōn autou taʸn marturian esfragisen hoti ho Theos alaʸthaʸs estin.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
3:22-36 John the Baptist identifies Jesus as the one who is truly from above (3:31); this requires John’s followers to shift their allegiance to Jesus.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν
the_‹one› /having/_received ˱of˲_him the testimony
This phrase does not refer to a specific person, but to any person who does this thing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Anyone who has received his testimony”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν
˱of˲_him the testimony
Here, his refers to Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Jesus’ testimony”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
ἐσφράγισεν
˱he˲_sealed
This expression refers to placing a seal on a document in order to certify that what is written in the document is true. (See: seal) Here this meaning is extended to refer to certifying that God is true. If your readers would not be familiar with this practice of sealing documents, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “has certified” or “has attested”