5 31 'If I testify on my own behalf, that testimony does not hold good. 5 32 There is another who bears witness for me, and I know that his testimony holds. 5 33 Your messengers have been to John; you have his testimony to the truth. 5 34 Not that I rely on human testimony, but I remind you of it for your own salvation. 5 35 John was a lamp, burning brightly, and for a time you were ready to exult in his light. 5 36 But I rely on a testimony higher than John's. There is enough to testify that the Father has sent me, in the works my Father gave me to do and to finish—the very works I have in hand. 5 37 This testimony to me was given by the Father who sent me, although you never heard his voice, or saw his form. 5 38 But his word has found no home in you, for you do not believe the one whom he sent. 5 39 You study the scriptures diligently, supposing that in having them you have eternal life; yet, although their testimony points to me, 5 40 you refuse to come to me for that life.
5 41 'I do not look to men for honour, 5 42 But with you it is different, as I know well, for you have no love for God in you. 5 43 I have come accredited by my Father, and you have no welcome for me; if another comes self-accredited you will welcome him. 5 44 How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another, and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God? 5 45 Do not imagine that I shall be your accuser at the Father's tribunal. Your accuser is Moses, the very Moses on whom you have set your hope. 5 46 If you believed Moses you would believe what I tell you, for it was about me that he wrote. 5 47 But if you do not believe what he wrote, how are you to believe what I say?'