^{7 Ref} And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

^{8 Ref} There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.

^{9 Ref} If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

^{10 Ref} He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.