For there are three that testify,[a] the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three are in agreement[b].

If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:7 Later Latin manuscripts add the following words to v. 7 and v. 8: “in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth”
  2. 1 John 5:8 Literally “for the one”