1. The Gospel of John … The 1 st Epistle of John … 1 John 5:6-13 Assurance of Eternal Life

2. Assurance of Eternal Life 1 John 5:6-13 The Testimony of God 9[2X], 11

3. Textual Issue 1 John 5:7 - 8 New King James 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. New American Standard 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

4. Textual Issue 1 John 5:7-8 + Difference in English [and Spanish] Bible translations + New Testament written in Greek + ~5800 Greek manuscripts extant + Only four [manuscripts 61, 88, 629, 635] of the 5800 have the passage + These four are 16 th, 12 th, 14 th and 11 th cent manuscripts + Two [88&635] of the four have the passage written in the margin by a later hand + No Greek fathers cite it, not in any ancient versions + Earliest citation is in 4 th cent Latin text attributed to a heretic [not for this] + Erasmus published 1 st Greek New Testament 1516, based on a few Greek manuscripts, the passage was not in his first two editions + Erasmus included it in his 3 rd edition with a footnote expressing his doubt + Erasmus Greek New Testament was the Greek text of the King James Bible + Modern translations use the United Bible Society Greek Text, phrase absent + The passage was likely a gloss, nothing wrong with it, not essential to doctrine of the trinity, the context also supports that the passage is not original

5. The Testimony of God Three That Bear Witness 6-8

6. The Testimony of God Three That Bear Witness 6-8 If We Receive The Witness of Men… 9, 10

7. Three That Bear Witness 6-8 If We Receive The Witness of Men… 9, 10 … That You May Know You Have Eternal Life 11-13

8. Assurance of Eternal Life