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1 John 5:7

For there are three that give testimony-- the Spirit, the water, and the blood;

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

6Jesus Christ is He who came with water and blood; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit who gives testimony-- because the Spirit is the Truth.

8and there is complete agreement between these three.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:16and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him,

Matthew 18:16But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.

John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 5:26For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son 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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