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 William Branham never once in all of his sermons uses the wording of 1 John 5:8: "the spirit, and the water, and the blood."  He never orders it as the Bible does.  For him, the proper order was "water, blood, spirit."
-The reason for this order can be seen in this quote:
+As seen in the quotes below, William Branham taught that spiritual birth was in 3 parts:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Natural Birth types the Spiritual
+|-
+! Natural !! Spiritual
+|-
+| Water (amniotic fluid) || Justification (water baptism)
+|-
+| Blood (baby is born) || Sanctification (cleansing from sin)
+|-
+| Life (baby breathes)|| Baptism of the Holy Spirit (born again)
+|}
+As a result, William Branham taught there are 3 different classes of Christians:
+#Those who have accepted Christ and had been baptized in water (but have not experienced sanctification or baptism in the Holy Spirit).
+#Those who have experienced sanctification but have not yet been baptized in the Holy Spirit.
+#Those who have been baptized in the Holy Spirit (these are the only people who are actually "born again")
+For the reasons outlined below, this teaching must be considered false doctrine.
 ==What the passage actually means==