John 3
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John 3:27-30

27JohnG2491 repliedG611G3004, “1A personG444 canG1410 receiveG2983 notG3761 evenG3761 oneG1520 thingG1520 unlessG1437G3361 it 2has beenG1510 givenG1325 to him from heavenG3772. 28You yourselvesG846 3areG3140 my witnessesG3140 that I saidG3004, ‘4I amG1510 not the 5ChristG5547,’ but, ‘I have beenG1510 sentG649 aheadG1715 of Him.’ 29He who hasG2192 the brideG3565 is 6the groomG3566; but the friendG5384 of the groomG3566, who standsG2476 and listensG191 to him, rejoicesG5463 greatlyG5479 becauseG1223 of the groom’sG3566 voiceG5456. SoG3767 thisG3778 7joyG5479 of mineG1699 has been madeG4137 fullG4137. 30He mustG1163 8increaseG837, but I must 9decreaseG1642.

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Notes

  1. 1. John 3:27 1 Cor 4:7; Heb 5:4 ↩
  2. 2. John 3:27 James 1:17 ↩
  3. 3. John 3:28 Lit testify for me ↩
  4. 4. John 3:28 John 1:20, 23 ↩
  5. 5. John 3:28 I.e., Messiah ↩
  6. 6. John 3:29 Matt 9:15; 25:1 ↩
  7. 7. John 3:29 John 15:11; 16:24; 17:13; Phil 2:2; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 12 ↩
  8. 8. John 3:30 Or become greater ↩
  9. 9. John 3:30 Or become less important ↩

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