1 John 5:7 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).
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- 1 John 5:7–8: the “three heavenly witnesses”
Older English and Spanish Bibles read: “there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” These words, called the Johannine Comma, are absent from virtually every Greek manuscript before the late Middle Ages and from the Greek Fathers. The Patriarchal Text prints them in small type, kept at the wish of the Holy Synod. The Trinity does not depend on them.
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And there are three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
For there are Three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are One.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
For there are three who testify:
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
For there are three who testify:
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
For there are three that testify:
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For there are three that testify:
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
LSV Literal Standard Version
because [there] are three who are testifying [[in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one;
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
For they that bear witness are three:
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
For there are three that bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
For there are three, which beare recorde in heauen, the Father, the Worde, and the holy Ghost: and these three are one.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
For there are three who bear witness:
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)
(For ther are thre which beare recorde in heuen the father the worde and the wholy goost. And these thre are one)
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
because three are who are testifying [in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these — the three — are one;
FBV Free Bible Version
So there are three that give evidence:
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
And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Porque tres son los que dan testimonio en el Cielo: el Padre, el Verbo, y el Espíritu Santo: y estos tres son una misma cosa.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Porque tres son los que dan testimonio en el cielo, el Padre, el Verbo, y el Espíritu Santo: y estos tres son uno.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
(this translation has no verse with this number)
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Porque tres son los que testifican:
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)
Así que hay tres que dan evidencia de ello:
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)
Porque tres son los que dan testimonio:
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)
ὅτι τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ⟦ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὁ Πατήρ, ὁ Λόγος καὶ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, καὶ οὗτοι οἱ τρεῖς ἕν εἰσι· καὶ τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ἐν τῇ γῇ⟧,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οτι τρεις εισιν οι μαρτυρουντες [[εν τω ουρανω, ο πατηρ, ο λογος και το αγιον πνευμα, και ουτοι οι τρεις εν εισιν·]]
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)
Ὅτι τρεῖς εἰσὶν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὁ πατήρ, ὁ λόγος, καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα· καὶ οὗτοι οἱ τρεῖς ἕν εἰσι.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οτι τρεισ εισιν οι μαρτυρουντεσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ὅτι τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ὅτι τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες,
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
Quoniam tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in cælo: Pater, Verbum, et Spiritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ꙗ҆́кѡ трїѐ сꙋ́ть свидѣ́тельствꙋющїи на нб҃сѝ, ѻ҆ц҃ъ, сло́во и҆ ст҃ы́й дх҃ъ: и҆ сі́и трѝ є҆ди́но сꙋ́ть.
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)
Ибо три свидетельствуют на небе: Отец, Слово и Святый Дух; и Сии три суть едино.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Διότι τρεις είναι οι μαρτυρούντες εν τω ουρανώ, ο Πατήρ, ο Λόγος και το Άγιον Πνεύμα, και ούτοι οι τρεις είναι έν·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
јер је троје што сведочи на небу: Отац, Реч, и Свети Дух; и ово је троје једно.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
jer je troje što svedoči na nebu: Otac, Reč, i Sveti Duh; i ovo je troje jedno.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ هُمْ ثَلَاثَةٌ: ٱلْآبُ، وَٱلْكَلِمَةُ، وَٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْقُدُسُ. وَهَؤُلَاءِ ٱلثَّلَاثَةُ هُمْ وَاحِدٌ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC