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(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
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The Invisible Made Visible
Scholars emphasize that this verse is a powerful declaration of the Incarnation. The 'eternal life' John speaks of is not an abstract concept but the person of Jesus Christ himself. This divine, eternal Being, who was always with the Father, was made physically 'manifested' or visible in human history, which the apostles personally witnessed.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the life was manifested. It was made manifest or visible to us. He who was the life was made known to men by the incarnation. He appeared among…
Was manifested (εφανερωθη). First aorist passive indicative of φανεροω, to make known what already exists, whether invisible (B. W…
19th Century
Anglican
The Exordium (1 John 1:1–4).
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Baptist
(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 ma…
Because this is the nub of John’s argument, he takes pains to restate it: The life to which he bears witness, the life that was with the Father, is…
16th Century
Protestant
For (or, and) the life was manifested. The conjunction is explanatory, as though he had said, “We testify of the life-gi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the life was manifested That is, the Word of life, who is life itself, the fountain of life, having it as God, i…
That essential Good, that uncreated Excellence, which had been from the beginning, from eternity, as equal with the Father, and which finally appea…
