and three are who are testifying in the earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.1 John 5:8 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe Spirit, and the water, and the blood - This verse is supposed to mean "the Spirit - in the word confirmed by miracles; the water - in baptism, wherein we are dedicated to the Son, (with the Father and the Holy Spirit), typifying his spotless purity, and the inward purifying of our nature; and the blood - represented in the Lord's Supper, and applied to the consciences of believers: and all these harmoniously agree in the same testimony, that Jesus Christ is the Divine, the complete, the only Savior of the world." - Mr. Wesley's notes.
By the written word, which proceeded from the Holy Spirit, that Spirit is continually witnessing upon earth, that God hath given unto us eternal life.
By baptism, which points out our regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost, and which is still maintained as an initiatory rite in the Christian Church, we have another witness on earth of the truth, certainty, importance, and efficacy of the Christian religion. The same may be said of the blood, represented by the holy eucharist, which continues to show forth the death and atoning sacrifice of the Son of God till he comes. See the note on 1 John 5:6.
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1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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1 John 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood...
Matthew 26:26-28 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take...
Matthew 28:19 Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father...
Romans 8:16 The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift...
the water.
Acts 2:2-4 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting...
2 Corinthians 1:22 Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
the blood.
Hebrews 13:12 Why Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism does also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh...
and these.
Mark 14:56 For many bore false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
Acts 15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
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