1 John 5:7

For there are three that testify:

Text-Critical English NT

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. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, 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

Matthew 3:16After being baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water. And behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.

Matthew 18:16But if he does not listen, take one or two others with yoʋ, so that every matter 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 5:26For as the Father has life in himself, so 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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