the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
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Now, got to draw your attention to an interesting little detail that in verse 7 and verse 8, the whole part of the text that we had them put to strike through actually probably shouldn't be in the Bible. Some of you are like, what? This is what I was afraid of. This is crazy. My friend told me the Bible's full of errors. It can't be trusted. Someone's like running for the emergency exit. Just chill out for a second here. What this text actually, in the best we can understand of what the manuscripts actually contain, based on what John would have written to the church at Ephesus, it would have read this way. For there are three that bear witness, the spirit, the water, and the blood. These three agree as one. The part in the middle, it's believed, was either commentary on those verses or something that perhaps John would have said when he elaborated on what he had written. This, of course, would be material and content. …
4. The tract itself treats, First, severally, of communion with the Father; (1 John 1:5–10; ) of communion with the Son; (1 John 2 and 3; ) of communion with the Spirit. (1 John 4.) Secondly, conjointly, of the testimony of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; on which faith in Christ, the being born of God, love to God and his children, the keeping his commandments, and victory over the world, are founded. (1 John 5:1–12.) 5. The recapitulation begins, (1 John 5:18, ) “We know that he who is born of God,” who sees and loves God, “sinneth not,” so long as this loving faith abideth in him. “We know we are of God;” children of God, by the witness and the fruit of the Spirit; “and the whole world,” all who have not the Spirit, “lieth in the wicked one.” They are, and live, and dwell in him, as the children of God do in the Holy One. “We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us” a spiritual “understanding, that we may know the true One,” the faithful and true witness. “And we are in the true One,” as branches in the vine. “This is the true God, and eternal life.” In considering these important words, we may inquire, I. How is he the true God? …
Oh, Lamb of God, I come!" Have you, then, got your consolation back? Have you received the witness of God? Have you heard the voice which bears witness both in Heaven and earth, the voice of the Spirit, and the water and the blood? And have you been satisfied because you needed no better confirmation than the witness of the blood of Jesus applied with power to your soul? The blood of Jesus has another effect of which we ought to think more than we do—that of— VIII. NOURISHING, CHEERING AND SUSTAINING THE BELIEVER. To this end the ordinance of communion with Christ in the breaking of bread and partaking of the cup of blessing has been instituted. When we come to the Lord's Table, we have set before us in the broken bread, of which we eat, and in the wine of which we drink, this present fact—that the sufferings of our Master are now at this moment for our nourishment, sustenance, consolation and exhilaration. We have been washed in the blood—we are now to receive, after a spiritual sort, the precious blood of Jesus to nourish our faith, to comfort our hope, to excite in us the liveliest joy and to make us sing and be merry with holy confidence in Him who has redeemed us from all iniquity and made us unto God priests and kings, to reign with Christ forever and ever! There is no cordial for the heart like the blood of Jesus. To think of the atoning Sacrifice is the readiest way to consolation. Our sorrows are not worth a thought when once compared with His! Sit down under the shadow of the Cross and you will find a cooler shade than that of a great rock in a weary land. There is no pasturage for the sheep of Christ like that which grows on Calvary! There is nowhere to be found suchwine that makes glad the heart of God and man, as that which comes from the sacred cup of His heart, of which Believers drink by faith when they have fellowship with Him and come into near and dear communion with Him! Although we do sometimes enjoy this without any emblems—without the bread and without the wine—these are still great assistants, blessed exponents, and they graciously help our forgetfulness! We are yet in the body and we need something that shall aid this lagging flesh to see something of the Lord. …