Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

New American Standard Bible

For there are three that testify:

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.

Holman Bible

For there are three that testify:

International Standard Version

For there are three witnesses in heaven the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

A Conservative Version

Because those who testify are three:

American Standard Version

And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Amplified

For there are three witnesses:

An Understandable Version

For there are three who give their testimony [about Jesus]:

Anderson New Testament

For there are three that testify, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood;

Common New Testament

And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Daniel Mace New Testament

There are three witnesses in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three testify the same thing.

Darby Translation

For they that bear witness are three:

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

And it is the Spirit who testified; because the Spirit is the truth.

Godbey New Testament

Because there are three who are bearing witness,

Goodspeed New Testament

For there are three that testify to it,

John Wesley New Testament

For there are three that testify on earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one.

Julia Smith Translation

For three are testifying (in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one.

King James 2000

For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For [there] are three that testify,

Modern King James verseion

For there are three that bear witness {\I in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And it is the spirit that beareth witness, because the spirit is truth.

Moffatt New Testament

The Spirit is the witness to this, for the Spirit is truth.

Montgomery New Testament

For there are three who bear testimony, the Spirit, and the water,

NET Bible

For there are three that testify,

New Heart English Bible

For there are three who testify:

Noyes New Testament

For there are three that bear witness,

Sawyer New Testament

For there are three that testify; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are one.

The Emphasized Bible

Because, three, are they who are bearing witness -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For they are three who bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these, even the three, are one.

Twentieth Century New Testament

It is a three-fold testimony--

Webster

For there are three that bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.

Weymouth New Testament

For there are three that give testimony-- the Spirit, the water, and the blood;

World English Bible

For there are three who testify:

Worrell New Testament

And the Spirit is He Who beareth witness, because the Spirit is the Truth:

Worsley New Testament

Yea there are three that bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood:

Youngs Literal Translation

because three are who are testifying in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these -- the three -- are one;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

εἰσί 
Eisi 
are, be, were, have, not tr,
Usage: 97

τρεῖς τρία 
Treis 
τρεῖς τρία 
Treis 
Usage: 51
Usage: 51

μαρτυρέω 
Martureo 
Usage: 58

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

οὐρανός 
Ouranos 
Usage: 156

the Father
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

the Word
λόγος 
Logos 
word, saying, account, speech, Word , thing, not tr,
Usage: 256

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

the Holy
G40
ἅγιος 
Hagios 
Usage: 209

πνεῦμα 
Pneuma 
Usage: 334

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

are
εἰσί 
Eisi 
are, be, were, have, not tr,
Usage: 97

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 John 5:7

Images 1 John 5:7

Prayers for 1 John 5:7

Context Readings

God Has Given Us Eternal Life In The Son

6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood. 7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true. 8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.



Cross References

Matthew 28:19

Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Revelation 1:4-5

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat;

Acts 2:33

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

1 John 5:10-11

He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

Revelation 19:13

And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God.

Deuteronomy 6:4

Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

Isaiah 48:16-17

Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

Matthew 3:16-17

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

Matthew 17:5

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

Matthew 18:16

But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

John 1:1

From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

John 1:32-34

And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

John 5:26

For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

John 8:13-14

So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.

John 8:18

I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

John 8:54

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

John 10:30

I and my Father are one.

John 10:37-38

If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

John 12:28

Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

Acts 5:32

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

Hebrews 2:3-4

What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

1 John 5:6

This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

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