 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...Spirit. To this effect is that in 1 John, chap. III. ver. 8. we read three witnesses are set down, the spirit, the water, and the blood ; and these three agree in one. These three witness that we have everlasting life, and that our names are written in heaven. How do... | |
 | Noah Worcester - 1810 - 222 pages
...of God and the Savior of the world. sIn this text, " There are three that bear witness in the earth, the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood, and these three agree in one," the same preposition eis is used. To express the sense, the translators have inserted the verb agree,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...BELIETER'S HEART. I JOHN v. 8, 10. " And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood ; and these three agree in one. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself." JOHN informs us, that whatsoever is... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1811 - 444 pages
...and then it is added in Greek, as we should say in English, " therefore there are three witnesses, the spirit, the water, and the blood ; and these three agree in the same [testimony.]" Whether this is a satisfactory explanation, others must judge. In any case,... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 682 pages
...Word, and the Holy Spirit, And these three are one : And there are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one." Now the three witnesses in heaven, in the seventh verse, may be well interpreted, God the Father with... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1816 - 240 pages
...one than any which has been considL-red. " There are," he says, "three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood : and these three agree in one." 1 John v. 8. Concerning this passage I think with the venerable Newton, that " the Spirit denotes a... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1818 - 422 pages
...and it is the Spirit (the gifts of the Holy Ghost, and the power of miracles granted to the apostles) that beareth witness; because the Spirit is truth....water, and the blood; and these three agree in One; or, as some ancient writers read the text, these three are one, viz. one testimony, that Jesus is the... | |
 | Salem Town - 1818 - 300 pages
...the Holy Ghost, and these three are one" — that there are three also, that bear witness in earth, "the Spirit, the water and the blood, and these three agree in. one." How wonderful is this system, whence moral and religious instructions are drawn from every object and... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1820 - 278 pages
...Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one. ,1iid there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree in one." This text has been so often, and so thoroughly examined,, and the words in italics so universally reject,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1822 - 304 pages
...Holy Ghost, and these three are one" — that there are three also, that bear witness in the earth, " the Spirit, the water and the blood, and these three agree in one." flow wonderful is this system, whence moral and religious instructions are drawn from every object... | |
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For there are Three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these Three are One. And there are Three that bear witness on Earth ; the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood, and these Three agree in one. 
