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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 lexically naked chiasm:

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 lexically naked chiasm:

:'''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)

|align=center|"is the LORD of Hosts:"

|align=center|"is the LORD of Hosts:"

|align=center|"and these three are one." (chiastic branch '''C'''')

|align=center|"and these three are one." (chiastic branch '''C'''')

|Again, the Isaiah and Johannine phrases are complimentary — the Isaiah passage defines God implicitly as one person whose name is the LORD of Hosts, and the Johannine phrasing explicitly highlights God's nature as three-in-one: three essences comprising one person.<ref>Cf. Zech. 14:9.</ref>

|Again, the Isaiah and Johannine phrases are complimentary — the Isaiah passage defines God implicitly as one person whose name is the LORD of Hosts, and the Johannine phrasing explicitly highlights God's nature as three-in-one: three essences comprising one<ref>Cf. Zech. 14:9.</ref> person.

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|align=center|"the whole earth is full of His glory."

|align=center|"the whole earth is full of His glory."