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1 John 5:9 KJV
1 John · chapter 5 · verse 9
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.1 John 5:9 · King James Version
1 John 5:9 in context
7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- testifiedmartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- witnessmartyriaa testifying, the office committed to the prophets of testifying concerning future…G3141 →
- greatermeizōngreater, larger, elder, strongerG3187 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
- Sonyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
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The faith of the Christian believer (or the believer in Christ) being thus mighty and victorious, it had need to be well founded, to be furnished with unquestionable celestial evidence concerning the divine mission, authority, and office of the Lord Jesus; and it is so;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-9