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1 John 5:7

actually there are three who bear witness

Family 35 New Testament

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 who bears witness, because the Spirit is the Truth;

8—the Spirit, the water and the blood—and the three are to one effect.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:16And having been baptized Jesus came up directly from the water, when wow, the heavens were opened to Him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and alighting upon Him.

Matthew 18:16But should he not hear, take along with you one or two more, so that every word may be established by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

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

John 5:26Because just as the Father has life in Himself, just so He gave 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 →

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