1 John 5:6-12

6 This is the One who came ¹by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is ²the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 For there are ³three that testify:

8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

9 ⁴If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that ⁵He has testified concerning His Son.

10 The one who believes in the Son of God ⁶has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has ⁷made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.

11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us ⁸eternal life, and ⁹this life is in His Son.

12 ¹⁰He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

Cross References

• 1. John 19:34
• 2. Matthew 3:16; John 15:26; John 16:13-15
• 3. Matthew 18:16
• 4. John 5:34, 37; John 8:18
• 5. Matthew 3:17; John 5:32, 37
• 6. Romans 8:16; Gal 4-6; Revelation 12:17
• 7. John 3:18, 33; 1 John 1:10
• 8. John 3:36; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:13, 20
• 9. John 1:4
• 10. John 3:15f, 36

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "in"
• [b] Lit "in"
• [c] Lit "in"
• [d] 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"
• [e] Lit "for the one thing"