1 John 1:2
(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);
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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 seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 7:29I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live:
John 15:27and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even 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 →