New American Standard Bible 1995

John 3:27-30

27John answered and said, “1A man can receive nothing unless it 2has been given him from heaven. 28You yourselves 3are my witnesses that I said, ‘4I am not the 5Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ 29He who has the bride is 6the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this 7joy of mine has been made full. 30He must increase, but I must decrease.

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1. John 3:27 1 Cor 4:7; Heb 5:4 ↩
2. John 3:27 James 1:17 ↩
3. John 3:28 Lit testify for me ↩
4. John 3:28 John 1:20, 23 ↩
5. John 3:28 I.e. Messiah ↩
6. John 3:29 Matt 9:15; 25:1 ↩
7. John 3:29 John 15:11; 16:24; 17:13; Phil 2:2; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 12 ↩

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