1 John 1:2

And the Life was made visible, and we have seen it and are bearing witness, and are bringing you word of that Eternal Life which was face to face with the Father and was made visible to us.

Montgomery 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

1It is of what has existed from the beginning, of what we have listened to, of what we have seen with our own eyes, of what we have witnessed and touched with our own heads, it is concerning the Logos of Life that we are now writing.

3It is what we have seen and heard that we are announcing to you, in order that you also may have partnership with us; and our partnership 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 face to face with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:18No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father - he has interpreted him.

John 7:29"But I now him, because I am from him and he sent me."

John 11:25"I am the resurrection and the life, "said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live.

John 15:27"and you to shall bear witness because you have been with me from the first.

John 17:3"And this is eternal life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast 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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