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There are extra words in this passage beginning “in heaven” and ending “in earth”. They did not appear in any copy or translation of John’s letter for 1400 years after he wrote it and are therefore understood to be spurious. These extra words first appeared as a note in the margin of a Latin translation from whence it found its way into Tyndale’s printed English New Testament and thence into the King James Version giving supposed support for the doctrine of the Trinity which is not taught in the scriptures.
God has provided abundant witness to his Son in the Holy Scriptures and our wisdom is to accept what he has testified.v.91 John 5:9XWaiting for response Most people do not believe the record that God has given of his Son, which is very serious because “he that believeth not God hath made him a liar”.v.101 John 5:10XWaiting for response On the other hand, believers can rejoice in knowing and accepting what is written because: “this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son”.v.111 John 5:11XWaiting for response The disciples “have passed from death to life” 1 John 3:141 John 3:14XWaiting for response meaning that their status is such that death will be but a sleep from which they will be awakened, for to them it is said: “Your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory”. Colossians 3:3-4Colossians 3:3-4XWaiting for response The apostles wrote the truth about the Son of God so that, by believing, we can have eternal life.v.131 John 5:13XWaiting for response The disciples of Christ are required, not only to believe, but also to cease from sin, i.e. the habitual transgression which is our natural behaviour. We may pray for forgiveness vs.14-151 John 5:14-15XWaiting for response provided our sin is not a sin unto death.v.161 John 5:16XWaiting for response This is probably a reference to the words of Jesus to the Jews, who attributed his miracles to Beelzebub, that blaspheming against the Holy Spirit would never be forgiven. Matthew 12:31Matthew 12:31XWaiting for response
Jesus, in prayer to his Father, said that he will give eternal life to as many as the Father gives him and “this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent”. John 17:2-3John 17:2-3XWaiting for response Therefore John concluded his letter, saying: “We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life”.
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1 John 5:1-8XWaiting for responseWe can show we are the children of God by believing Jesus is the Christ v.1,1 John 5:1XWaiting for response i.e. the king of Israel who will re-establish the kingdom of God and reign upon the throne of David in Jerusalem, and by loving the other believers who are also the children of God.v.21 John 5:2XWaiting for response Furthermore, we can manifest our love for God by keeping his commandments.v.31 John 5:3XWaiting for response Our faith, i.e. our belief of God’s word and promises, enables us to gain the victory, and an essential element of the true faith is not only that Jesus is the Messiah but also that he is the Son of God.v.51 John 5:5XWaiting for response Jesus was declared to be the Son of God at his baptism, Matthew 3:17Matthew 3:17XWaiting for response his crucifixion, Matthew 27:54Matthew 27:54XWaiting for response and his resurrection. Romans 1:4Romans 1:4XWaiting for response Therefore, said John, “This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. And there are three that bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one”.vs.6-81 John 5:6-8XWaiting for response