How can ye believe? (πως δυνασθε υμεις πιστευσαι;). Emphasis on "ye" (υμεις), ye being what ye are. They were not true Jews (Romans 2:29; Esther 9:28) who cared for the glory of God, but they prefer the praise of men (Matthew 6:1; Matthew 23:5) like the Pharisees who feared to confess Christ (John 12:43).

From the only God (παρα του μονου θεου). B and W omit θεου which is certainly meant even if not genuine here. See John 17:3; Romans 16:27; 1. Timothy 6:15.