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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. |
Subject: Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? |
Bible Note: Hi mommapbs, I have said that when the unbeliever calls God a liar then he is blaspheming the Holy Spirit. The ones who believe in the Son of God (1 John 5:13) are the ones who recognize that Jesus came forth from God (John 8:42). There is no demon or unclean spirit involved in His authority. However, I really did not respond to your question about the witness or testimony in 1 John 5:10. I do not believe that the witness or testimony in 1 John 5:10 is the Holy Spirit, and I do not believe that testimony or witness should be capitalized. The MacArthur Study Bible notes say that 1 John 5:6-11 has 9 occurances of the Greek word that means "bear witness" or "testimony". I count eleven. I don't know how many of these occurances you would suggest capitalizing if any. One of the places that MacArthur does not count is in 1 John 5:10. Neither the NKJ nor the NASB has the last Strong's #3140 that is in the Greek for that verse. NKJ reads "because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son". The Green's literal translation reads, "because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning His Son". NASB reads, "because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning His Son". This should read something like "witness that God has borne [witness to] concerning..."; similar to verse 9, "for the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness concerning His Son". So the question is "What is the witness that God has borne witness to concerning His Son?" The answer is in verse 11: "And the witness is this; that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." I think the answer is in Matthew 12:28 also, but that will have to wait till another time as far as my thoughts are concerned. Good night. From the heart, Ray |