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1 John 5:9

If we receive the testimony of man, the testimony of God is stronger: for this is the testimony of God which he testified concerning his Son.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

In Context

8And there are three which bear witness upon earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are for the same one object.

10He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, because he hath not believed on the testimony which God testified of his Son.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:16And Jesus, after his baptism, came straight from the water: and lo! the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as it were a dove, and coming upon him:

John 3:32And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; though no man receiveth his testimony.

John 5:39Search the scriptures; for ye suppose in them ye have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me.

John 10:38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

Acts 17:31because he hath fixed the day in which he will judge the whole world in righteousness by the man whom he hath appointed; affording evidence of this to all, by raising him from the dead.

Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on 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 →

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