1 John 1:1–4
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The Word of Life
1What was afrom the beginning, what we have bheard, what we have cseen with our eyes, what we dbeheld and etouched with our hands, concerning the fWord of Life—
2and athe life was manifested, and we have bseen and cbear witness and proclaim to you dthe eternal life, which was ewith the Father and was fmanifested to us—
3what we have aseen and bheard we proclaim to you also, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our cfellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
4aAnd these things we are writing, so that our bjoy may be made complete.
Cross references
- aJohn 1:1f; 1 John 2:13, 14
- bActs 4:20; 1 John 1:3
- cJohn 19:35; 2 Pet 1:16; 1 John 1:2
- dJohn 1:14; 1 John 4:14
- eLuke 24:39; John 20:27
- fJohn 1:1, 4
- aJohn 1:4; 1 John 3:5, 8; 5:20
- bJohn 19:35; 1 John 1:1
- cJohn 15:27; 1 John 4:14
- dJohn 10:28; 17:3; 1 John 2:25; 5:11, 13, 20
- eJohn 1:1
- fJohn 1:4; 1 John 3:5, 8; 5:20
- aJohn 19:35; 2 Pet 1:16; 1 John 1:1
- bActs 4:20; 1 John 1:1
- cJohn 17:3, 21; 1 Cor 1:9
- a1 John 2:1
- bJohn 3:29
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—that life was revealed, and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us—what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
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NLTNew Living Translation
We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life—and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was revealed to us—what we have seen and heard, we announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write, in order that our joy may be complete.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (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;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
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