Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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.

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 Jesus Christ is he that came by water and blood, not by water only: but by water and blood. 7 And it is the spirit that beareth witness, because the spirit is truth. 8 For there are three that bear record: the spirit, and water, and blood: and these three are one.

Cross References

Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy ghost;

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the holy ghost, be with you all. Amen. {The end of the Second Epistle unto the Corinthians, Sent from Philippi, a city in Macedonia, by Titus and Luke}

Revelation 1:4-5

John, to the seven congregations in Asia. Grace be with you and peace, from him which is and which was, and which is to come: and from the seven spirits which are present before his throne,

Acts 2:33

Since now that he by the righthand of God exalted is, and hath received of the father the promise of the holy ghost, he hath shed forth that which ye now see and hear.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, declare we unto you; which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the word of life.

1 John 5:10-11

He that believeth in the son of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God, maketh him a liar, because he doth not believe the witness that God hath testified of his son.

Revelation 19:13

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood, and his name is called the word of God.

Deuteronomy 6:4

Hear, O Israel, the LORD thy God is one LORD only.

Psalm 33:6

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

Isaiah 48:16-17

Come nigh and hear this: have I spoken anything darkly since the beginning? When a thing beginneth, I am there. Wherefore the LORD God with his spirit hath sent me;

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the LORD God is with me, for the LORD hath anointed me, and sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor: that I might bind up the wounded hearts, that I might preach deliverance to the captive, and open the prison to them that are bound;

Matthew 3:16-17

And Jesus, as soon as he was baptized, came straight out of the water: And, lo, heaven was opened over him, and John saw the spirit of God descend, like a dove, and light upon him:

Matthew 17:5

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud shadowed them. And behold, there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is my dear son, in whom I delight; hear him."

Matthew 18:16

But if he hear thee not, then take yet with thee one or two, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, all things may be established.

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 bare record, saying, "I saw the spirit descend from heaven, like unto a dove, and abide upon him, and I knew him not:

John 5:26

For as the father hath life in himself, so likewise hath he given to the son to have life in himself.

John 8:13-14

The Pharisees said unto him, "Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true."

John 8:18

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the father that sent me beareth witness of me."

John 8:54

Jesus answered, "If I honour myself, mine honour is nothing worth. It is my father that honoureth me, which ye say is your God.

John 10:30

And I and my 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." Then came there a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

Acts 5:32

And we are his records as concerning these things: and also the holy ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him."

1 Corinthians 12:4-6

There are diversities of gifts verily, yet but one spirit.

Hebrews 2:3-4

how shall we escape if we despise so great salvation? Which at the first began to be preached of the Lord himself, and afterward was confirmed unto us ward, by them that heard it;

Hebrews 4:12-13

for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

1 John 5:6

This Jesus Christ is he that came by water and blood, not by water only: but by water and blood.

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