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Chiastic literary structure of the Johannine Comma (view source)
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:'''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)
|align=center|"Holy, Holy, Holy,"
|align=center|"Holy, Holy, Holy,"
|align=center|"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:" (chiastic branches '''C–D''')
|align=center|"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:" (chiastic branches '''C–D''')
|The seraphim in Isaiah 6 (as also in the [[Book of Revelation]]<ref>Rev. 4:8</ref>) says "Holy" three times, hinting God's tripartite nature as three essences. The Johannine Comma is complimentary in expounding upon this ''a la'' progressive revelation by explicitly stating the names of the three essences of the Godhead.
|The seraphim in Isaiah 6 (as also in the [[Book of Revelation]]<ref>Rev. 4:8.</ref>) says "Holy" three times, hinting God's tripartite nature as three essences. The Johannine Comma is complimentary in expounding upon this ''a la'' progressive revelation by explicitly stating the names of the three essences of the Godhead.
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|align=center|"is the LORD of Hosts:"
|align=center|"is the LORD of Hosts:"