1 John 1:2

That life was made visible, and we have seen it. We bear our testimony to it, and tell you of that eternal life which was with the Father and was made visible to us.

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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

1We write to you about the Word of life, which has been in existence from the beginning. We write of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands.

3It is of what we have seen and heard that we now tell you, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

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

John 1:18No one has ever yet seen God; God the only Son, who is ever with the Father – he has revealed him.

John 7:29I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his messenger.”

John 11:25“I am the resurrection and the life,” said Jesus. “He who believes in me will live, though he die;

John 15:27yes, and you also are to bear testimony, because you have been with me from the first.

John 17:3And the eternal life is this – to know you the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent as your messenger.

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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