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1 John 5:9

If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Because this is the testimony of God that he has testified about his Son.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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

10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.

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Cross References

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.

John 3:32And what he has seen and heard, of this he testifies, and no man receives his testimony.

John 5:39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me.

John 10:38But if I am doing them, even though ye do not believe me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the him.

Acts 17:31Because he appointed a day during which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he appointed, having provided assurance to all men because he raised him from the dead.

Hebrews 6:18So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.

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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