1 John 5:7
Because those who testify are three:
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. And the three are in one.
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 →