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The '''chiastic literary structure of the Johannine Comma''' is a commonly overlooked one — ''Comma Johanneum'' continued from the preceding v. 5:6 in the [[First Epistle of John]] forms a chiastic structure:

The '''chiastic literary structure of the Johannine Comma''' is a commonly overlooked one — ''Comma Johanneum'' continued from the preceding v. 5:6 in the [[First Epistle of John]] forms a chiastic structure:

:'''A''': "This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood." (6a)

:'''A''': "This is he that came by '''water and blood''', even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood." (6a)

::'''B''': "And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth." (6b)

::'''B''': "And it is '''the Spirit that beareth witness''', because the Spirit is truth." (6b)

:::'''C''': "For there are three that bear record in heaven," (7a)

:::'''C''': "For there are '''three''' that bear record in heaven," (7a)

::::'''D''': "the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:" (7b)

::::'''D''': "the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:" (7b)

:::'''C'''': "and these three are one." (7c)

:::'''C'''': "and these '''three''' are one." (7c)

::'''B'''': "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit," (8a)

::'''B'''': "And there are three that '''bear witness in earth, the Spirit'''," (8a)

:'''A'''': "and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." (8b)

:'''A'''': "and the '''water, and the blood''': and these three agree in one." (8b)

 

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