1 John 1:2

and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us —

Young's Literal Translation

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, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life —

3that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship [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 1:18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.

John 7:29and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.'

John 11:25Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

John 15:27and ye also do testify, because from the beginning ye are with me.

John 17:3and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send — 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 →

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