1 John 5:7
Because there are three who are bearing witness,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8the Spirit and the water, and blood: and these three are one.
Cross References
Matthew 3:16And Jesus having been baptized, came up straightway from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove, coming on Him.
Matthew 18:16if he may not hear thee, take with thyself one or two, in order that in the mouth of two or three witnesses the word may stand.
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 hath life in Himself, so also He has given to His Son to have life also 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 →