Verse 10
10. Witness in himself As it is the Spirit (as noted above) which gives force and life to the water and blood, by which they become witnesses, so that Spirit becomes indwelling, with its three-fold testifying power, in the believer’s soul. And as that Spirit is God and truth, so we have an inward surety of demonstration far above what men as witnesses, or narratives, can impart. The testimony, the witness, the record, is within us as a divine intuition, possessing the highest conceivable certainty.
He that believeth not God As we believe not a perjuring human witness.
A liar Our apostle allows not the unbeliever the chance of saying, Perhaps it is not God who testifies. It is not only a sure testimony, but it is just as sure that the testifier is God. If, therefore, the truth of the testimony is denied, the divine veracity is impeached. It is a personal issue between man and God.
Record In all these verses the word record and witness are the same Greek word, signifying testimony, and should have been translated uniformly.
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