John 5:31-46, God testifies Jesus vs 37 and vice versa.
Obtain praise from God (vs 44) rather than from men vs 41-44. Modern language, seek and get validation from God, most important.
Scriptures testify about Jesus (vs 39, 45-47); Moses wrote about Jesus (vs 45-47).
John 5:31-47, GNB
[31]“If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof.
[32]But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true.
[33]John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth.
[34]It is not that I must have a human witness; I say this only in order that you may be saved.
[35]John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light.
[36]But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me.
[37]And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face,
[38]and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe in the one whom he sent.
[39]You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!
[40]Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.
[41]“I am not looking for human praise.
[42]But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts.
[43]I have come with my Father’s authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him.
[44]You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?
[45]Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you.
[46]If you had really believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.
[47]But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?”