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There are three, says John, which bear witness that Jesus is the Messiah. These are referred to in 1 John 5:6; and in immediate connection with this, in the argument, 1 John 5:8, it is affirmed that their testimony goes to one point, and is harmonious.
The KJV specifies that the “three that bear record in heaven” are the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and that those three are one (1 John 5:7). In the next verse, the KJV says, “There are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood,” and that these three agree (1 John 5:8).
He was not ‘the Christ’. In other words, ‘the Christ’ came through water (his baptism) but not through blood (his death). John emphatically denies this by saying that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God, through both experiences. John quotes three witnesses as evidence to support this.
David Guzik commentary on 1 John 5, where John explains how the believer is born of God and believes in Jesus, who is the source of our relationship to Him.
What does 1 John 5:7 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
The testimonies of the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit all converge to prove the same point, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. PRINCIPLE: The Bible teaches the fact of the trinity. APPLICATION: If this verse belongs to the original Greek manuscripts, it clearly teaches the trinity.
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. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 Fo...