1 John 5:6 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth, that Christ is the truth.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
This is the One who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies that the Christ is the Truth.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
This is he that came by water and blood, [even ]Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.
LSV Literal Standard Version
This One is He who came through water and blood—Jesus the Christ, not in water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit is the [One] testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus [the] Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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 testimony, because the Spirit is truth.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
This is that Iesus Christ that came by water and blood: not by water onely, but by water and blood: and it is that Spirit, that beareth witnesse: for that Spirit is trueth.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
This is the one who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. He came not only by water, but also by water and blood.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
This Iesus Christ is he that cam by water and bloud not by water only: but by water and bloud. And it is the sprete that beareth witnes because the sprete ys trueth.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
This one is he who did come through water and blood — Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,
FBV Free Bible Version
He is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ. He did not only come by water, but by water and blood. The Spirit gives evidence to confirm this, for the Spirit is the truth.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Este es Jesu-Christo, que vino por agua y por sangre: no por agua tan solamente, sino por agua y sangre. Y el Espíritu es el que dá testimonio, que Christo es la verdad.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Este es Jesucristo, que vino por agua y sangre: no por agua solamente, sino por agua y sangre. Y el Espíritu es el que da testimonio: porque el Espíritu es la verdad.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Nosotros sabemos que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios porque Dios lo proclamó con gran voz desde el cielo en el momento en que lo bautizaban y también cuando moría. ¡No sólo en su bautismo sino también a la hora de su muerte! Y el Espíritu Santo, siempre veraz, lo afirma también.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Éste es el que vino por medio de agua y sangre: Jesucristo. No solo por el agua, sino por el agua y por la sangre. El Espíritu es el que testifica, porque el Espíritu es la verdad.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Él es el que vino por agua y sangre, Jesucristo. No solo vino por agua, sino por agua y sangre. El Espíritu prueba y confirma esto, porque el Espíritu es la verdad.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Este es Jesucristo, el que vino por agua y sangre; no solo por agua, sino por agua y sangre. Y el Espíritu es el que da testimonio, porque el Espíritu es la verdad.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐλθὼν δι᾽ ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός· οὐκ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι μόνον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι καὶ τῷ αἵματι· καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστι τὸ μαρτυροῦν, ὅτι τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ουτος εστιν ο ελθων δι υδατος και αιματος, ιησους χριστος· ουκ εν τω υδατι μονον, αλλ εν τω υδατι και τω αιματι· και το πνευμα εστιν το μαρτυρουν, οτι το πνευμα εστιν η αληθεια.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐλθὼν δι᾿ ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος, Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός· οὐκ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι μόνον, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι καὶ τῷ αἵματι. Καὶ τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστι τὸ μαρτυροῦν, ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ουτοσ εστιν ο ελθων δι υδατοσ και αιματοσ ιησουσ χριστοσ ουκ εν τω υδατι μονον αλλ εν τω υδατι και τω αιματι και το πνευμα εστιν το μαρτυρουν οτι το πνευμα εστιν η αληθεια
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐλθὼν δι’ ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός· οὐκ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι μόνον, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι καὶ ἐν τῷ αἵματι· καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστιν τὸ μαρτυροῦν, ὅτι τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἐλθὼν διʼ ὕδατος καὶ αἵματος, Ἰησοῦς Χριστός· οὐκ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι μόνον ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι καὶ ⸀ἐν τῷ αἵματι· καὶ τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν τὸ μαρτυροῦν, ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν ἡ ἀλήθεια.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Hic est, qui venit per aquam et sanguinem, Jesus Christus: non in aqua solum, sed in aqua et sanguine. Et Spiritus est, qui testificatur quoniam Christus est veritas.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Се́й є҆́сть прише́дый водо́ю и҆ кро́вїю и҆ дх҃омъ, і҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́съ, не водо́ю то́чїю, но водо́ю и҆ кро́вїю: и҆ дх҃ъ є҆́сть свидѣ́тельствꙋѧй, ꙗ҆́кѡ дх҃ъ є҆́сть и҆́стина.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Сей есть Иисус Христос, пришедший водою и кровию и Духом, не водою только, но водою и кровию, и Дух свидетельствует о Нем, потому что Дух есть истина.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ούτος είναι ο ελθών δι' ύδατος και αίματος, Ιησούς ο Χριστός· ουχί διά του ύδατος μόνον, αλλά διά του ύδατος και του αίματος· και το Πνεύμα είναι το οποίον μαρτυρεί, επειδή το Πνεύμα είναι η αλήθεια.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ово је Исус Христос што дође водом и крвљу и Духом, не само водом него водом и крвљу; и Дух је који сведочи, јер је Дух истина,
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ovo je Isus Hristos što dođe vodom i krvlju i Duhom, ne samo vodom nego vodom i krvlju; i Duh je koji svedoči, jer je Duh istina,
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
هَذَا هُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَتَى بِمَاءٍ وَدَمٍ، يَسُوعُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ. لَا بِٱلْمَاءِ فَقَطْ، بَلْ بِٱلْمَاءِ وَٱلدَّمِ. وَٱلرُّوحُ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَشْهَدُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرُّوحَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC