1 John 5:7
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
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- BSB
- For there are three that testify:
- KJV
- For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
- WEB
- For there are three who testify:
- ASV
- And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
- DARBY
- For they that bear witness are three:
- BLB
- For there are three testifying:
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- For de er tre som vitner:
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- For det er disse tre som vitner:
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- For de er tre som vidner:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Read in context2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Read in contextActs 5:32
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Read in contextMatthew 3:16–17
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Read in contextJohn 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Read in contextActs 2:33
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Read in context1 John 5:6
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Read in contextJohn 8:54
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
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