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1 John 5:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: 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. "
1 John 5:7
Verse in Context
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5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
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1 John 5:1
"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him."
1 John 5:2
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments."
1 John 5:3
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."
1 John 5:4
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
1 John 5:5
"Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?"
1 John 5:6
"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth."
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