External Evidence The disputed words appear in the Byzantine Majority Text.
Sermons. New International Version King James Bible For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. 3 e All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 1 John 5:4 German Bible Alphabetical: and born even everyone faith for God has is of our overcome overcomes that the This victory whatever world world-our NT Letters: 1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) Christian Bible Study …
2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. In the first three verses of chapter 4, we discover that Jesus is gaining more and more disciples, more disciples than John the Baptist (cf John 3:23b & 26).
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 a In the beginning was b the Word, and c the Word was with God, and d the Word was God. 1 John chapter 4 KJV (King James Version) 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. Jesus and the Samaritan woman – John 4:1-4.
... John has been introduced in verse 6 ("a man sent from God") and his witness, known already by the reader, has already been recalled: "This is the One I told you about". The First Letter of John Structurally speaking, only one New Testament writer employed the target cluster as an SPN construction. What would be John 5:4 (the missing material that begins in verse 3) is not found in any of the earliest and most accurate manuscripts of the Gospel of John. All six times it is in the present tense, five times as ST3 and once as ST2.
Without verse 4, there is no explanation as to why the impotent man had to go into the pool when the water was troubled, or why he did not just go in right after another person went in before him (verse 7).