1 John 5:4-13
New King James Version
4 For (A)whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that (B)has overcome the world—[a]our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but (C)he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
The Certainty of God’s Witness
6 This is He who came (D)by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. (E)And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness [b]in heaven: the Father, (F)the Word, and the Holy Spirit; (G)and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: (H)the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
9 If we receive (I)the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; (J)for this is the witness of [c]God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God (K)has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God (L)has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 (M)He who has the Son has [d]life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, [e]and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
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- 1 John 5:4 M your
- 1 John 5:7 NU, M omit the words from in heaven (v. 7) through on earth (v. 8). Only 4 or 5 very late mss. contain these words in Greek.
- 1 John 5:9 NU God, that
- 1 John 5:12 Or the life
- 1 John 5:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
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