1 John 1:2

Translations

Modern

And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

Traditional

(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;)

Literal

…and the life was made manifest, and we have seen and bear witness, and we declare to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

Latin

…et vita manifestata est, et vidimus, et testamur, et annuntiamus vobis vitam æternam, quæ erat apud Patrem, et apparuit nobis:

Original

Greek

English

And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

Notes

1 John 1:2

This is the life: Throughout the New Testament, the Greek word zōē (which means "life") is used to describe God’s own eternal life (for example, Ephesians 4:18). This life is found in Christ, and he gives it to all who believe in him.
this is the life that was revealed to us: Jesus, the Christ, was known to his apostles as a human being during his earthly ministry.

1 John 1:1–4

This opening section, written in the form of a poem, is similar to the message of the beginning of John’s Gospel (John 1:1–18).
The we language in the introduction refers to John and the other apostles, and perhaps to other Christians who had seen and touched Jesus Christ. The apostles personally saw Jesus and had personal fellowship with God through him. John, representing the apostles, now invites those he is writing to join in that fellowship.

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1 John 5:20
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John 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
1 Timothy 3:16
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Titus 1:2
…in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
1 John 3:5
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
1 John 5:11
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Galatians 4:4
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
John 11:25–26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
John 15:27
And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

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