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John 5:38
And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.
John 5:38 · Bible in Basic English
John 5:38 in other translations
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.
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In context
35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.
36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.
37 And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.
39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.
41 I do not take honour from men;
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