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NASB | 1 John 5:10 The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:10 The one who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies confidently on Him as Savior] has the testimony within himself [because he can speak authoritatively about Christ from his own personal experience]. The one who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him [out to be] a liar, because he has not believed in the evidence that God has given regarding His Son. |
Bible Question: Please identify the "testimony" or "witness" in this verse. Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? Please see for comparison: Rom 8:16; Heb 10:15; and 1 John 5:6. |
Bible Answer: Hello Mommabps, You are correct in that it is the Holy Spirit. John Gill: hath the witness in himself; of the need he stands in of Christ, and of the suitableness, fulness, and excellency of him; the Spirit of God enlightening him into the impurity of his nature, his impotence to do anything spiritually good, his incapacity to atone for sin, and the insufficiency of his righteousness to justify him before God Jameson, Fausset, Brown: God’s Spirit dwelling in him and witnessing that "Jesus is the Lord," "the Christ," and "the Son of God" (1John 5:1,5). The witness of the Spirit in the believer himself to his own sonship is not here expressed, but follows as a consequence of believing the witness of God to Jesus’ divine Sonship. Steve |