1 John 1:2

(and the life was made known, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father, and was made known to us),

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

In Context

1What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

3what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that ye also may have fellowship with us. Even also our fellowship with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:18No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.

John 7:29I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.

John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live.

John 15:27And ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

John 17:3And this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only TRUE God, and Jesus Christ whom thou sent.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:2-5

First John Though the continued tradition of the church attests that this epistle came from John the apostle, yet we may observe some other evidence that will confirm (or with some perhaps even outweigh) the certainty of that tradition. It should seem that the penman was one of the apostolical college by the sensible palpable assurance he had of the truth of the Mediator's person in his human nature: That which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,… Read the whole commentary →

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