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For three be, that give witnessing in heaven, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost [For three be, that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, or Son, and the Holy Ghost]; and these three be one.

And three be, that give witnessing in earth, the Spirit, water, and blood; and these three be one.

If we receive the witnessing of men, the witnessing of God is more; for this is the witnessing of God, that is more, for he witnessed of his Son.

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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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Footnotes

  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)