1 John 5:10

The person who believes in the Son of God has that testimony within them. The person who does not believe God has made God a liar, by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son.

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In The King James Version

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

In Context

9We accept human testimony, surely God’s testimony is even stronger! And God’s testimony is the testimony he has given about his Son.

11And this is that testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:14The Lord gives guidance to those who revere him, and with his covenant he makes them acquainted.

John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.

John 5:38and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.

Romans 8:16The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God’s children,

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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