8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 4:6 — We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
• 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 2Tim 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• 2Tim 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
• Amos 5:10 — They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
• Gal 4:16 — Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
• Gal 4:16 — Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
• John 3:19 — And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• John 5:40 — And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
• John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
• John 8:37 — I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
• John 8:47 — He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
• John 16:7 — Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
• John 18:37 — Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto th
• Ps 119:30 — I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.