1 John 5:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
1 John 5:6 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 John 5:635 words
ΟὗτόςHoutoshe (it was that), hereof, it
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ὁhothe
ἐλθὼνelthōncome / go
δι’di’through / because of
ὕδατοςhydatoswater
καὶkaiand / also
αἵματοςhaimatosblood
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesus
ΧριστόςChristosChrist / Anointed
οὐκouknot
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῷtōthe
ὕδατιhydatiwater
μόνονmonononly / alone
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῷtōthe
ὕδατιhydatiwater
καὶkaiand / also
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῷtōthe
αἵματιhaimatiblood
καὶkaiand / also
τὸtothe
πνεῦμάpneumaSpirit / spirit
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
τὸtothe
μαρτυροῦνmartyrouncharge, give (evidence), bear record
ὅτιhotithat / because
τὸtothe
πνεῦμάpneumaSpirit / spirit
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ἡhēthe
ἀλήθειαalētheiatruth
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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