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In the King James Version of the bible, 1 John 5:7-8 states: | In the King James Version of the bible, 1 John 5:7-8 states: | ||
:''For there are three that bear record [in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. | :''For there are three that bear record [in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth], the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), 1 Jn 5:7–8.</ref> | ||
The bracketed words constitute the so-called “Johannine Comma,” a reading which has been the object of considerable controversy in New Testament textual criticism.<ref>Carroll D. Osburn, “Johannine Comma,” ed. David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 882.</ref> | The bracketed words constitute the so-called “Johannine Comma,” a reading which has been the object of considerable controversy in New Testament textual criticism.<ref>Carroll D. Osburn, “Johannine Comma,” ed. David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 882.</ref> | ||