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1 John 5:7

Because those who testify are three:

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

In Context

6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is truth.

8the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. And the three are in one.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: LORD our God is one LORD.

Isaiah 48:16Come ye near to me, hear ye this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret. From the time that it was, there I am. And now lord LORD and his Spirit has sent me.

Matthew 3:16And when Jesus was immersed, he went up straightaway out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

Matthew 18:16But if he should not hear, take with thee one or two besides, so that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 5:26For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:7-10

The Witnesses in Heaven and on Earth. ( a. d. 80.) 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. 7 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… Read the whole commentary →

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