1 John 5:5-8

5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 For there are three that testify:

8 the^[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

Cross References

• 1. ver 1; S 1 John 2:23
• 2. John 19:34
• 3. S John 14:17
• 4. S Matthew 18:16

Footnotes

• [a] Late manuscripts of the Vulgate "testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. " 8"And there are three that testify on earth: the" (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)