4
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
5
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6
This is He who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
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And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
[b].
NU-Text and M-Text omit the words from in heaven (1 John 5:7) through on earth (1 John 5:8). Only four or five very late manuscripts contain these words in Greek.