Commentary on 1 John 5.7-8  [2 pages]
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Which is the original Greek text for 1 John 5:7-8?

1 John 5:7-8 [KJV] 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

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1 John 5:7-8 [NASB] 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

This article explains when and why the mysterious addition (known as the comma Johanneum) came to be in the most influential version in English history--the KJV.

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