1 John 5:9
If we receive the testimony of men, we should know that the testimony of God is greater, because it is the testimony that God has given about his Son.
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8the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three are in agreement.
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.
John 3:32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
John 5:39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is these that testify about me,
John 10:38But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him.”
Acts 17:31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man he has appointed. He has provided assurance of this to everyone by raising this man from the dead.”
Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of 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 →