This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 John 5:6 in context
1 John 5:3–9
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For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
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For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
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Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
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For there are three who testify:
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the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.
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