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Forὅτιthere areεἰσινthreeτρεῖςthatοἱtestify:μαρτυροῦντες
1 John 5:7
Study it in the app“For there are three that testify:”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 5:7, word by word
- there areεἰσινeisin
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “eisin” appears- threeτρεῖςtreis
three
Three.
Where else “treis” appears- testifyμαρτυροῦντεςmartyrountes
testify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “martyrountes” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Some late manuscripts and later editions add in 5:7-8: “in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth.” That addition is not in the early Greek manuscripts nor in the base text.
The context
6This is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus the Messiah; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
7 · This verse (above)
8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
To study 1 John 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say God has given us, and where is that life found (v. 11-12)?
2. What it means
John says he writes "so that you may know that you have eternal life" (v. 13). What connection does he see between believing and knowing?
3. How I live it
John speaks of confidence in prayer (v. 14-15). What do you want to tell God honestly today?