1 John 1:2 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 1:2

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.

BSB

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ASV

(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);

KJV

(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;)

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Commentary

5 voices

Tertullian

On the Flesh of Christ (220)

For its salvation is endangered, not by its being ignorant of itself, but of the word of God. "The life," says He, "was manifested," not the soul.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For the life was manifested,.... That is, the Word of life, who is life itself, the fountain of life, having it as God, in and of himself, without derivation from, and independent of another, originally and eternally, and who is the cause, author, and giver of life in every sense to others; this living God, who from all eternity was invisible, was in the fulness of time manifested in human nature; see Joh 1:

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The life assumed a mouth and tongue, that he might utter words of life. The apostles not only heard of him, but they heard him himself. Above three years might they attend his ministry, be auditors of his public sermons and private expositions (for he expounded them in his house), and be charmed with the words of him who spoke as never man spoke before or since.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This may be distinguished from the foregoing perception, seeing with the eyes; and may be the same with what the apostle says in his gospel ( ch. i. 14 ), And we beheld -- etheasametha, his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father. The word is not applied to the immediate object of the eye, but to that which was rationally collected from what they saw.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Declare is the general term; write is the particular (1Jo 1:4). that eternal life--Greek, "the life which is eternal." As the Epistle begins, so it ends with "eternal life," which we shall ever enjoy with, and in, Him who is "the life eternal." which--Greek, "the which." the before-mentioned (1Jo 1:1) life which was with the Father "from the beginning" (compare Joh 1:1).

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ζωὴ	zōē	life	G2222 →
ἐφανερώθη,	ephanerōthē	was made manifest,	G5319 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἑωράκαμεν	he'ōrakamen	we have seen	G3708 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μαρτυροῦμεν	marturoumen	bear witness	G3140 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπαγγέλλομεν	apangellomen	we proclaim	G518 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
αἰώνιον	aiōnion	eternal	G166 →
ἥτις	hētis	which	G3748 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
πρὸς	pros	with	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα	patera	Father	G3962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐφανερώθη	ephanerōthē	was revealed	G5319 →
ἡμῖν·	hēmin	to us —	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
leads to
- Acts 4:12
  Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 10:9
  I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Ephesians 2:18
  For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- 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 1:4
  In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
Through
John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
leads to
- 1 John 5:20
  And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
- 1 John 5:11–12
  And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Through
John 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
leads to
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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