 | 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... | |
 | First Unitarian Society. Philadelphia - 1810 - 506 pages
...tit H V>/, ,iW «/., Hiily Ghait, and tteie tint are one. And there are three that tear viitnen cm earth, the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood, and these three agree iu one." THAT the words in italics were not written by the apostle John is proved by the following... | |
 | Noah Worcester - 1810 - 222 pages
...God hath given to us eternal life, and that this life is in his Son. Thus we have to this day THREE that bear witness in earth, the SPIRIT, the WATER, and the BLOOD. 'These remarks, Sir, are not intended to imply any thing against the hypothesis that circumcision in... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Noah Worcester - 1812 - 264 pages
...eonneetion with the text whieh has now been given up, I introdueed the following verse, "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agreg in one." Upon this text I made some observations to prepare the way for a right understanding... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 682 pages
...Father, the 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
...a more extensive and general 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
...[in heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are One. And there, are three that bear witness in earth'], the spirit, the water, and the blood ; and these three agree in one." The words here put in a parenthesis and different character, are not the genuine words of the apostle... | |
 | Salem Town - 1818 - 302 pages
...bear witness in Heaven, the Father, the Word %nd the Holy Ghost, and these three arc one" — lhat there are three also, that bear witness in earth, "the Spirit, the water and the1 blood, and these three agree in one." How wonderful is this system, whence moral and religious... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1820 - 278 pages
...in heaven, the Father, the 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,... | |
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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. 
