The witnesses are three, the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three of them are in accord.
When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me;
Baptism, the counterpart of that, saves you to-day (not the mere washing of dirt from the flesh but the prayer for a clean conscience before God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ
it is this Spirit testifying along with our own spirit that we are children of God;
for while many bore false witness against him their evidence did not agree.
who stamped me with his seal and gave me the Spirit as a pledge in my heart.
This agrees with the words of the prophets; as it is written,
go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,
and so Jesus also suffered outside the gate, in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.
For in the case of people who have been once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly Gift, who participated in the holy Spirit,
only, one of the soldiers pricked his side with a lance, and out came blood and water in a moment.
If we accept human testimony, God's testimony is greater; for God's testimony consists in his testimony to his Son.