2. The Claim of
the Godhead
The Holy
Spirit
2Tim 3:16; 2Pet 1:21
The Son John 6:63; Mat 24:35; Heb 4:12-13;
Act 17:31
The
Father
John 17:1,17
3. Authority for
the use of
words
•Alpha & Omega (letters)
•“the Word”
•By him were all things created
Rev 19:13
And he was clothed with a
vesture dipped in blood: and his
name is called The Word of God.
7. Identity of the
Author
1John 5:7
For there are three that bear record
in heaven, the Father, the Word,
and the Holy Ghost: and these three
are one.
•22 words
•88 Letters
•34 vowels
•54 consonants
Editor's Notes
The Father:
John 17:1
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father…
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
The Son:
John 6:63
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
(Mat 24:35; Heb 4:12-13; Act 17:31)
The Holy Spirit
2Tim 3:16
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Pet 1:21
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Rev 1:8
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
(1:11; 21:6; 22:13)
John 1:1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Col 1:14-17
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Rev 19:13
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
KJV
1John 5:7
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8C
3v
NKJV
7 For there are three that bear witness [a]in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
9 C
4v
All others: use 6 words (#of Man)
7 For there are three that testify: