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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.] |
Subject: Who is this One (or one)? |
Bible Note: Ray - When "that" is used as a relative pronoun, it can refer to a person regardless of gender, or to a thing or an idea. In the construction, "It is the Spirit that," the pronoun "that" no more indicates that the Spirit is an "it" than it does that the Spirit is a "he" or a "she." In other words, one must seek clarification of gender from the immediate or a broader context of Scripture. Has any light been shed? :-) Very cordially, --Hank |