Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

For they that bear witness are three:

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;

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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 that came by water and blood, Jesus the Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth. 7 For they that bear witness are three: 8 the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one.



Cross References

Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

2 Corinthians 13:14

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

Revelation 1:4-5

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

Acts 2:33

Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which ye behold and hear.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life;

1 John 5:10-11

He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son.

Revelation 19:13

and he is clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and his name is called The Word of God.

Deuteronomy 6:4

Hear, Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah;

Psalm 33:6

By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Isaiah 48:16-17

Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Matthew 3:16-17

And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him.

Matthew 18:16

But if he do not hear thee, take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:32-34

And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

John 5:26

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

John 8:13-14

The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.

John 8:18

I am one who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me.

John 8:54

Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.

John 10:37-38

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;

John 12:28

Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, I both have glorified and will glorify it again.

Acts 5:32

And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6

But there are distinctions of gifts, but the same Spirit;

Hebrews 2:3-4

how shall we escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to the division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

1 John 5:6

This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus the Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth.

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