1 John 5:6-8

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.

Cross References

• 1. John 19:34
• 2. Matthew 3:16; John 15:26; John 16:13-15
• 3. Matthew 18:16

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"