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Who tis · de is eimi it that ho conquers nikaō the ho world kosmos, but ei mē the ho one who believes pisteuō that hoti Jesus Iēsous is eimi the ho Son hyios of ho God theos?

This houtos is eimi the ho one who came erchomai by dia water hydōr and kai blood haima Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos; not ou by en · ho water hydōr only monon but alla by en · ho water hydōr and kai · ho blood haima. And kai the ho Spirit pneuma is eimi the ho one who testifies martyreō, because hoti the ho Spirit pneuma is eimi the ho truth alētheia. For hoti there are eimi three treis that ho testify martyreō: the ho Spirit pneuma and kai the ho water hydōr and kai the ho blood haima; and kai the ho three treis are eimi in eis · ho accord heis. If ei we receive lambanō the ho testimony martyria of ho men anthrōpos, the ho testimony martyria of ho God theos is eimi greater megas, because hoti this houtos is eimi the ho testimony martyria of ho God theos that hoti he has borne martyreō concerning peri · ho his autos Son hyios.

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Who overcomes the world? Is it not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This man, Jesus the Messiah,[a] is the one who came by water and blood—not with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three witnesses in heaven—the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.[b] And there are three witness on earththe Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are one.

If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God and because he has testified about his Son.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:6 Or Christ
  2. 1 John 5:7 Other mss. lack witnesses in heaven—the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three witnesses on earth—