1 John 1:2

(for this Life was manifested, and we saw it; and we testify and declare unto you that eternal Life, which was with the Father,

1770 John Worsley NT

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 contemplated, and our very hands have felt concerning the Word of life,

3and was manifested unto us) what we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that ye also may have communion with us: and our communion 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 1:18and though no one hath ever seen God, or can see Him: yet the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, hath made Him known.

John 7:29But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He hath sent me.

John 11:25Jesus then told her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, shall live again.

John 15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

John 17:3and this is life eternal, 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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