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1 John 5:9

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God, that he has borne witness concerning his Son.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

8and the three agree in the one[5:8].

10He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar; because he has not believed in the witness which God has borne concerning his Son.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:16And having been immersed, Jesus went up immediately 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.

John 3:32And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and his testimony no one receives.

John 5:39Search[5:39] the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have eternal life, and these are they that testify of me;

John 10:38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may learn and know, that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

Acts 17:31Because he fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

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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