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1 John 5:7-9
International Children’s Bible
1 John 5:7-9
International Children’s Bible
7 So there are three witnesses:[a] 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three witnesses agree. 9 We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important. And he has told us the truth about his own Son.
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- 5:7 So . . . witnesses A few very late Greek copies and the Latin Vulgate read “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three witnesses agree. 8 And there are three witnesses on earth.”
1 John 5:7-9
New International Version
1 John 5:7-9
New International Version
7 For there are three(A) that testify: 8 the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony,(B) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(C) which he has given about his Son.
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- 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)
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