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# If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater
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The translator can state more clearly the implied reason about why we should believe what God says: AT: "If we believe what people say, then we should believe what God says because he always tells the truth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# receive the witness of men
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The idiom to "receive the witness" means to believe what another person testifies concerning something that he has seen. The abstract noun "witness" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "believe what men testify" or "believe what men say about what they have seen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# the witness of God is greater
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the witness of God is more important and more reliable
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# Son
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This is an important title for Jesus, the Son of God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])
# Anyone who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself
"Whoever believes in Jesus knows for sure Jesus is the Son of God"
# has made him out to be a liar
"has called God a liar"
# because he has not believed the witness that God has given concerning his Son
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"because he has not believed that God has told the truth about his Son"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/witness]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]