1 John 1:2

And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

Majority Standard Bible

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

1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is 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 one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

John 7:29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

John 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have 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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