John 8:42

Jesus replied, ¹  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ²  I ³  have not come on my own initiative, ⁴  but he ⁵  sent me.

Mal 1:6; Joh 1:14; Joh 5:23; Joh 5:43; Joh 7:28,29; Joh 12:49; Joh 14:10; Joh 15:23,24; Joh 16:27,28; Joh 17:8,25; 1Co 16:22; Ga 4:4; 1Jo 4:9,10,14; 1Jo 5:1,2; Re 22:1

¹ tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”

² tn Or “I came from God and have arrived.”

³ tn Grk “For I.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

⁴ tn Grk “from myself.”

⁵ tn Grk “that one” (referring to God).