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1 John 5:9

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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

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1 John 5:9 in other translations

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.

1 John 5:9 · World English Bible

1 John 5:9 in context

  1. 7And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
  2. 8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
  3. 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
  4. 10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
  5. 11And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.