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1 John 5:7

For there are three that testify:

Majority Standard Bible

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 the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

8the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.

Isaiah 48:16Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

Matthew 3:16As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

Matthew 18:16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony 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 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted 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 →

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