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1 John 5:7

For three be, that give witnessing in heaven, the Father, the Son [or the Word], and the Holy Ghost; and these three be one. (For there be three, who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and these three be one.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 Jesus Christ, that came by water and blood; not in water only, but in water and blood. And the Spirit is he that witnesseth, that Christ is [the] truth, (or And the Spirit is he who testifieth, that the Messiah is the truth).

8And three be, that give witnessing in earth, (or And there be three, that give testimony on earth), the Spirit, water, and blood; and these three be one.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:4Thou Israel, hear, thy Lord God is one God. (Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one God.)

Isaiah 48:16Nigh ye to me, and hear ye these things; at the beginning I spake not in huddles, either private, (or Come ye to me, and hear ye these things; from the beginning, I did not speak in secret, or in private); from (the) time, before that (these) things were made, I was there, and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, (have) sent me.

Matthew 3:16And when Jesus was baptized, anon (or at once) he went up from the water; and lo! (the) heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down as a dove, and coming (or lighting) on him;

Matthew 18:16And if he heareth thee not, take with thee one or twain, (so) that every word stand in the mouth of twain or three witnesses.

John 1:1In the beginning was the word, [that is, God’s son, (or God’s Son)], and the word was at God, and God was the word.

John 5:26For as the Father hath life in himself, so he gave 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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