For there are (A)three that testify: [a]the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are [b]in agreement. (B)If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that (C)He has testified concerning His Son.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:8 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
  2. 1 John 5:8 Lit for the one thing

For there are three(A) that testify: the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony,(B) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(C) which he has given about his Son.

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  1. 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)