1 John 5:6-12

Testimony Concerning the Son of God

6 This is he who came ¹by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And ²the Spirit is the one who testifies, because ³the Spirit is the truth.

7 For there are three that testify:

8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

9 ⁴If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God ⁵that he has borne concerning his Son.

10 Whoever believes in the Son of God ⁶has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God ⁷has made him a liar, ⁸because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.

11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us ⁹eternal life, and ¹⁰this life is in his Son.

12 ¹¹Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Cross References

• 1. [ver. 8]
• 2. John 15:26; [Acts 5:32]
• 3. John 14:17; John 15:26; John 16:13
• 4. John 5:34, 36, 37; John 8:17, 18
• 5. See Matthew 3:17
• 6. [Romans 8:16; Galatians 4:6; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 19:10]
• 7. 1 John 1:10; [John 3:33]
• 8. [John 5:38]
• 9. 1 John 2:25; [1 John 4:9]
• 10. See John 1:4
• 11. [John 3:15, 36; John 5:24; John 6:40, 47]