Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary:
"Trinity ... the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead according to Christian dogma."
1 John 5:6 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.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost [NKJV: Holy Spirit]: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
"The italicized section [in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One; and there are three witnesses on the earth] is found only in late manuscripts." (AMP note)
"Late manuscripts of the Vulgate [add] testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth: the." (NIV note)
"The modern eclectic, or 'critical,' text of the Greek New Testament and the Majority Text omit the words from in heaven (v. 7) through on earth (v. 8). Only 4 or 5 very late manuscripts contain these words in Greek." (NKJV note)
"The texts read, 'the Spirit, and the water', and & c., omitting all the words from 'in heaven' to 'in earth' (v. 8) inclusive. The words are not found in any Greek manuscript before the sixteenth century. They were first seen in the margin of some Latin copies. Thence they have crept into the text." (Bullinger note)
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary:
"Jerome ... Saint 340?-420 ... Latin church father."
"vulgate ... a Latin version of the Bible authorized and used by the Roman Catholic Church."
Jerome's Latin Vulgate, 405 AD:
1 John 5:6 hic est qui venit per aquam et sanguinem Iesus Christus non in aqua solum sed in aqua et sanguine et Spiritus est qui testificatur quoniam Christus est veritas
7 quia tres sunt qui testimonium dant
8 Spiritus et aqua et sanguis et tres unum sunt
Whitaker's Latin-English Dictionary:
"quia ... because."
"tres ... three."
"sunt ... exist."
"qui ... be able."
"testimonium ... testimony ... witness."
"dant ... give."
"It is generally agreed that v. 7 [1 John 5:7, KJV] has no real authority, and has been inserted." (Scofield note)
1 John 5:6 This is the one who came by water and blood - Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
7 For there are three that testify:
8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. (NIV)
1 John 5:6 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.
7 For they that bear witness are three:
8 the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one. (Darby)
1 John 5:6 Jesus Christ is the one who came with the water of his baptism and the blood of his death. He came not only with the water, but with both the water and the blood. And the Spirit himself testifies that this is true, because the Spirit is truth.
7 There are three witnesses:
8 the Spirit, the water, and blood; and all three give the same testimony. (GNT)
1 John 5:6 Jesus Christ is the One who came by water and blood. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit says that this is true, because the Spirit is the truth.
7 So there are three witnesses that tell us about Jesus:
8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three witnesses agree. (NCV™)
1 John 5:6 This is he who came with water and blood: Jesus Christ. He came, not by water alone, but by water and blood; and there is the Spirit to bear witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7,8 For there are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three are in agreement. (NEB)
1 John 5:6 Jesus Christ is He who came with water and blood; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit who gives testimony - because the Spirit is the Truth.
7 For there are three that give testimony - the Spirit, the water, and the blood;
8 and there is complete agreement between these three. (Weymouth)
1 John 5:6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood.
7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree. (RSV)
1 John 5:6 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.
7 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
8 For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one. (ASV)
1 John 5:6 This is he who came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood.
7 And the Spirit testifies that that very Spirit is the truth.
8 And there are three to bear witness, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three are one. (Lamsa)
1 John 5:6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.
7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.
8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement. (BBE)
1 John 5:6 Jesus Christ, he it is who came by water, blood, and Spirit - not by water alone, but by the water and the blood.
7 The Spirit is the witness to this, for the Spirit is truth.
8 The witnesses are three, the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three of them are in accord. (Moffatt)
1 John 5:6 Jesus Christ himself is the one who came by water and by blood - not by the water only, but by the water and the blood.
7 The Spirit bears witness to this, for the Spirit is the truth.
8 The witness therefore is a triple one - the Spirit, the water of baptism and the blood of atonement - and they all say the same thing. (Phillips)
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