1 John 5:7
For they that bear witness are three:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah;
Isaiah 48:16Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
Matthew 3:16And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:
Matthew 18:16But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.
John 1:1In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 5:26For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also 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 →