1 John 1:2

the Life was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness, and we declare unto you the Life of the Ages which was with the Father and was manifested to us--

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 listened to, which we have seen with our own eyes, and our own hands have handled concerning the Word of Life--

3that which we have seen and listened to we now announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship in it with us, and this fellowship with us is fellowship 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 human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.

John 7:29I know Him, because I came 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, he shall live;

John 15:27And you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the first.

John 17:3And in this consists the Life of the Ages--in knowing 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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