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There are three Who speak of this in heaven: the Father and the Word and the Holy Spirit. These three are one. There are three who speak of this on the earth: the Holy Spirit and the water and the blood. These three speak the same thing. If we believe what men say, we can be sure what God says is more important. God has spoken as He has told us about His Son.

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For there are three(A) that testify: the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 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. 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. And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)