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1 John 5:7

And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Revised Version 1895

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 that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is one LORD:

Isaiah 48:16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD hath sent me, and his spirit.

Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

Matthew 18:16But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

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, even so gave he to the Son also 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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