John
King James Version (KJV)
John 3:30
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
King James Version (KJV)
John 3:30 Context
27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30He must increase, but I must decrease. 31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
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Translation Details for John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
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Wesley's Notes for John 3:30
3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease - So they who are now, like John, burning and shining lights, must (if not suddenly eclipsed) like him gradually decrease, while others are increasing about them; as they in their turns grew up, amidst the decays of the former generation. Let us know how to set, as well as how to rise; and let it comfort our declining days to trace, in those who are likely to succeed us in our work, the openings of yet greater usefulness.
Hee must increase, but I must decrease.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"He must increase, but I must decrease.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He must increase, but I must decrease.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He has to become greater while I become less.
- Basic English Bible
He must increase, but I must decrease.
- Darby Bible
He must increase, but I must decrease.
- Webster's Bible
He must grow greater, but I must grow less.
- Weymouth Bible
He must increase, but I must decrease.
- World English Bible
It bihoueth hym to wexe, but me to be maad lesse.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;
- Youngs Literal Bible