1 John 1:2

For the lyfe appered and we have sene and beare witnes and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father and appered vnto vs.

Tyndale New Testament

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 begynninge concerninge which we have hearde which we have sene with oure eyes which we have loked vpon and oure hondes have hadled of the worde of life.

3That which we have sene and herde declare we vnto you that ye maye have felloushippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and his sonne Iesus Christ.

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Cross References

John 1:1In the beginnynge was the worde and the worde was with God: and the worde was God.

John 1:18No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The only begotte sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared him.

John 7:29I knowe him: for I am of him and he hath sent me.

John 11:25Iesus sayde vnto her: I am the resurreccion and the lyfe: He that beleveth on me ye though he were deed yet shall he lyve.

John 15:27And ye shall beare witnes also because ye have bene with me from the begynninge.

John 17:3This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe the that only very God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ.

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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