A moment in scripture
John 3:29
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He 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.
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The surrounding passage
- John 3:27
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
- John 3:28
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.
- John 3:31
He 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.