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John answers: “He must increase, but I must decrease”

요한이 그는 흥하여야 하겠고 나는 쇠하여야 하리라고 대답함

John 3:25–36: a dispute arises on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification. They come to John and say to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.” John answers, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full. He must increase, but I must decrease. He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” The Korean Revised Version closes John’s words at 3:30 (하니라) and does not present 3:31–36 as his, and at 3:25 it has the dispute with one Jew (한 유대인).

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JHN 3:25–36, engwebp
²⁵Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
²⁶They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”
²⁷John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
²⁸You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
²⁹He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.
³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.
³¹“He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
³²What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
³³He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
³⁴For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
³⁵The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
³⁶One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
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Entry: John answers: “He must increase, but I must decrease” (event-jhn-3-he-must-increase)
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Current wording: John 3:25–36: a dispute arises on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification. They come to John and say to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.” John answers, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full. He must increase, but I must decrease. He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” The Korean Revised Version closes John’s words at 3:30 (하니라) and does not present 3:31–36 as his, and at 3:25 it has the dispute with one Jew (한 유대인).
Cited evidence: JHN 3:25–36, engwebp
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