1 John 1:2
And the life was manifested, and we have seen and do testify and announce to you, the life which is eternal; which was with the Father, and was revealed to us.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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John 1:1In the beginning, was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.
John 1:18No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.
John 7:29but I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live.
John 15:27And do ye also testify; for ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they may know thee, that thou art the only true God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Messiah.
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 →