This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood.
John 19:34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. (see verses 28-37)
And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
John 14:16-17 "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." (see verses 15-21)
John 15:26 "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father--he will testify about me." (see all chapter 15)
John 16:13 "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come." (see verses 12-15)
1 John 4:6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. (see verses 1-6)
For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood, and the three are in agreement.
Matthew 18:16 "But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses' (Deuteronomy 19:15)" (see verses 15-20)
Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime of offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. (see Numbers 35:30, Deuteronomy 17:6, 2 Corinthians 13:1)
1 Timothy 5:19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses. (see verses 17-21)
Hebrews 10:28-29 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? (see verses 26-31)
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