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This is the One who came1by water and blood, JesusChrist; not with the wateronly, but with the water and with the blood. It is 2the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
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the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
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4If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that 5He has testifiedconcerning His Son.
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The one who believes in the Son of God6has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believeGod has 7made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has givenconcerning His Son.
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And the testimony is this, that God has given us 8eternallife, and 9thislife is in His Son.
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10He who has the Sonhas the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
This Is Written That You May Know
1311Thesethings I have written to you who 12believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have13eternallife.
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This is 14the confidencewhich we havebefore Him, that, 15if we askanythingaccording to His will, He hears us.
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And if we know that He hears us in whatever* we ask, 16we know that we have the requestswhich we have asked from Him.
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Ifanyonesees his brothercommitting a sin not leading to death, 17he shall ask and God will for him givelife to those who commitsin not leading to death. 18There is a sin leading to death; 19I do not say that he should makerequest for this.
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A few late mss add "...in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth, the Spirit"