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NASB | 1 John 5:6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:6 This is He who came through water and blood [His baptism and death], Jesus Christ--not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. It is the [Holy] Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. [He is the essence and origin of truth itself.] |
Bible Question:
What does it mean to come by water and blood? Why are they placed alongside the Spirit as witnesses? And how do inanimate things bear witness? Bonus Question: We sing about the blood; why we do not have songs about water? Steve ... look at vv 6-8. |
Bible Answer: Baptism and the blood of Christ, Baptism bares witness to your seriousness, Blood means life,that you've dedicated your life to God, both are forms of works, your works and it is buy your works that these two bare witness |