1 John 5:5-9

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⁵But who could possibly fight and win this battle except by believing that Jesus is truly the Son of God? ^6-8And we know he is, because God said so with a voice from heaven when Jesus was baptized, and again as he was facing death^[a]—yes, not only at his baptism but also as he faced death. And the Holy Spirit, forever truthful, says it too. So we have these three witnesses: the voice of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, the voice from heaven at Christ’s baptism, and the voice before he died. And they all say the same thing: that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. ⁹We believe men who witness in our courts, and so surely we can believe whatever God declares. And God declares that Jesus is his Son.

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Footnotes

1 John 5:6 as he was facing death, literally, “This is he who came by water and blood,” see Matthew 3:16-17; Luke 9:31, 35; John 12:27-28, 32-33. Other interpretations of this verse are equally possible. as he faced death, literally, “not by water only, but by water and blood.” and the voice before he died, literally, “the Spirit, and the water, and the blood.” that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, implied.