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1 John 5:9

If, the witness of men, we receive, the witness of God, is, greater. Because, this, is the witness of God—in that he hath borne witness concerning his Son,—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

8The Spirit, and the Water, and the Blood; and, the three, are, [witnesses], unto one thing.

10He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the witness, within himself: He that doth not believe God, false, hath made him,—because he hath not believed on the witness which, God, hath witnessed, concerning his Son—

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Cross References

Matthew 3:16And Jesus, having been immersed, straightway, went up from the water,—and lo! the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove coming upon him;

John 3:32What he hath seen and heard, of, the same, he beareth witness,—and, his witness, no one, receiveth:—

John 5:39Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age-abiding; and, those [Scriptures], are they which bear witness concerning me:

John 10:38But, if I am doing them, even though, in me, ye believe not, in the works, believe,—that ye may get to know and go on to know, that the Father is, in me, and, I, am, in the Father.

Acts 17:31inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in which he is about to be judging the habitable earth in righteousness, by a man whom he hath pointed out,—offering faith unto all, by raising him from among the dead?

Hebrews 6:18In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore-lying hope,

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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