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
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;
Williams New Testament
Omitted Text.
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;
Themes
Christ » Word, the » Name applied to
God » Fatherhood of » God spoken of as the father of all men
God » God the father, God the son, and God the holy spirit being one
Heavenly » Father » God spoken of as the father of all men
Holy spirit » The holy spirit witnessing
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ, God the father, and the holy spirit being one
Unity of God » Consistent with the deity of Christ and of the holy ghost
Universal » Blessing, possible » God spoken of as the father of all men
Witness » God the father giving witness to jesus Christ
Witness » The holy spirit witnessing
Witness » The testimonies of the lord
Witness » There being three that bear record in heaven
Topics
Interlinear
Martureo
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Pneuma
Houtos
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 5:7
Prayers for 1 John 5:7
Verse Info
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.
Names
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.