For there are three, which bear record in heaven, the Father, the [a]Word, and the holy Ghost: and these three are [b]one.

And there are three, which bear record in the earth, the Spirit, and the Water and the Blood: and these three agree in one.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:7 See John 8:13, 14.
  2. 1 John 5:7 Agree in one.
  3. 1 John 5:9 He showeth by an Argument of comparison, of what great weight the heavenly testimony is, that the Father hath given of the Son, unto whom agreeth both the Son himself and the holy Ghost.
  4. 1 John 5:9 I conclude this aright: for that testimony which I said is given in heaven, cometh from God, who so setteth forth his Son.

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