. . . 1 John 5:7 is highly questionable. It doesn't appear in any version before about 1500. It's only found in a few Greek manuscripts written at least a millennium after the event and half of those have it as a note in the margin. Many scholars believe that it was a note added by some over zealous scribe and doesn't belong in the text. It's been dropped in many of the later versions or at least flagged as questionable. The NIV, for example, has it footnoted that it's not found in any Green manuscript prior to the 16th century.
That said, I agree that Jesus is fully God, the I Am.
This is one of the reasons why I read and study from the King James Version.
I like the KJV and scholars say it is very accurate but it is not without it's faults,so I use it along with others. I also like the Amplified bible and I enjoy word studies.
Iirc, the KJV reports commandments as being thou shalt not kill and thou shalt not lie. He commanded his people in fact, to kill and he is the same yest, today and tomorrow.
I think He said thou shall not commit murder and to not bear false witness against a neighbor, actually.
I don't think that bearing false witness is just lying. While lying is a sin, the commandment is more specific. We see a number of times in the Bible where someone purposely lied to get someone else in trouble. For example, the Jews found men to lie at Jesus' trial saying he'd done things that he hadn't done. It's giving false testimony in front of a court of some kind.
The KJV says don't bear false witness. Other versions say things like "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour.", and "Do not testify falsely against your neighbor."
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
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