Devine Scripture

1 John 5:8

1 John chapter 5 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

Context

v.7And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

v.8This passage

v.9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 15:15

    And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

  • 2 Corinthians 1:22

    who also sealed us, and gave us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

  • Hebrews 6:4

    For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

  • Acts 2:2

    And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

  • 1 John 5:6

    This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

  • 1 Peter 3:21

    which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;