1 John 5:6 meaning and explanation

This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

1 John 5:6, Berean Standard Bible

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The author writes as a pastor to churches troubled by teachers who separated the divine Christ from the human Jesus. He insists that Jesus came by water and blood, not by water alone.

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