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the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three witnesses agree.

We accept human testimony. God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony that he has given about his Son. 10 Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony of God in them. Those who don’t believe God have made God a liar. They haven’t believed the testimony that God has given about his Son.

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the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony,(A) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(B) which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(C) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(D) because they have not believed the testimony God 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)

And there are three that bear witness on earth: (A)the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

If we receive (B)the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; (C)for this is the witness of [a]God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God (D)has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God (E)has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.

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  1. 1 John 5:9 NU God, that