1 John 1:2

Also, the life was made known, and we have seen it, and we bear witness to it. We are announcing to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and which has been made known 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

1That which was from the beginning—which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at, and our hands have touched—it is about the Word of life.

3That which we have seen and heard we declare also to you, so you also will have fellowship with us. Our fellowship 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 seen God at any time. The one and only God, who is at the side of the Father, he has made him known.

John 7:29I know him because I come 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 if he dies, will live;

John 15:27You are also testifying because you have been with me from the beginning.

John 17:3This is eternal life: That they know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus 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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