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NASB | 1 John 5:8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three are in agreement [their testimony is perfectly consistent]. |
Bible Question: In 1 John 5:8, what does the 'water' mean or have reference to? I don't believe it means baptisim. |
Bible Answer: Hi Amelia, I don't think in context that it means baptism either. The reference given in my Study Bible for verse six "by water and blood" is John 19:34. "But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." The blood and water showed Jesus' humanity. That He wasn't just God, that is Spirit, but He had a human body and it died. But the verses go on and say that it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. The truth of these three that testify on earth is that they are Spirit, water, and blood. God in the flesh, in other words. The Deity of Christ, God in the flesh, is what 5:5,6 is saying we must believe in order to othercome the world. Believe that (Jesus) is the Son of God. This is the One who came in the flesh, verse six.(My parentheses are for comparison and for showing oneness) I appreciate the fact that NASB's last copyright has changed the 'one' of 1977 to "One" in 1995. So there are "the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." 1 John 5:8 Verse seven: "For there are three that testify in heaven, the Father, the (Word), and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. These also are in agreement, in other words. Compare 1 John 5:5 with 1 John 4:15. "Whoever confesses that (Jesus) is the Son of God, God abides in him,..." ***The God who abides in us who believe is the One who came by water and the blood, and the testimony of God is greater than the testimony of men, verse 9. These three are one, in agreement. We no longer see this One who came in the flesh. We see Him as Spirit, for God is Spirit. John 16:8, "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in (Me); and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me."[The One who came by water and blood] 1 John 5:11, "And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His (Son). He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life." Later, Ray |
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