1 John 5:8 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 that give testimony on earth: the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three are one.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And there are three who give testimony on earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood. And these three are one.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and [there] are three who are testifying in the earth]]: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the 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
the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And there are three that bear testimony on earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And there are three, which beare record in the earth, the spirit, and the water and the blood: and these three agree in one.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three are in agreement.
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 there are thre which beare recorde (in erth:) the sprete and water and bloud: and these thre are one.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and three are who are testifying in the earth], the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.
FBV Free Bible Version
the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and all three agree as one.
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
There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y tres son los que dan testimonio en la tierra: el Espíritu y el agua, y la sangre: y estos tres son una misma cosa.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y tres son los que dan testimonio en la tierra, el Espíritu, y el agua, y la sangre: y estos tres concuerdan en uno.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Así que tenemos tres testimonios: la voz del Espíritu Santo en nuestros corazones, la voz que habló desde el cielo cuando bautizaban a Jesús, y la voz que habló poco antes de su muerte. Y todos afirman lo mismo: que Jesucristo es el Hijo de Dios.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
el Espíritu, el agua, y la sangre. Los tres concuerdan en lo mismo.
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)
el Espíritu, el agua, y la sangre, y los tres están de acuerdo como si fueran uno.
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)
el Espíritu, el agua y la sangre; y estos tres están de acuerdo.
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)
τὸ Πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸ αἷμα, καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσιν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
[[και τρεις εισιν οι μαρτυρουντες εν τη γη,]] το πνευμα και το υδωρ και το αιμα, και οι τρεις εις το 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)
Καὶ τρεῖς εἰσὶν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ἐν τῇ γῇ, τὸ πνεῦμα, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ τὸ αἷμα· καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσιν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
το πνευμα και το υδωρ και το αιμα και οι τρεισ εισ το εν εισιν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
τὸ Πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸ αἷμα, καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσιν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸ αἷμα, καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσιν.
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
Et tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in terra: spiritus, et aqua, et sanguis: et hi tres unum sunt.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ трїѐ сꙋ́ть свидѣ́тельствꙋющїи на землѝ, дꙋ́хъ и҆ вода̀ и҆ кро́вь: и҆ трїѐ во 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)
И три свидетельствуют на земле: дух, вода и кровь; и сии три об одном.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
και τρεις είναι οι μαρτυρούντες εν τη γη, το Πνεύμα και το ύδωρ και το αίμα, και οι τρεις ούτοι αναφέρονται εις το εν.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И троје је што сведочи на земљи: дух, и вода, и крв; и троје је заједно.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I troje je što svedoči na zemlji: duh, i voda, i krv; i troje je zajedno.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَشْهَدُونَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ ثَلَاثَةٌ: ٱلرُّوحُ، وَٱلْمَاءُ، وَٱلدَّمُ. وَٱلثَّلَاثَةُ هُمْ فِي ٱلْوَاحِدِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC