THE FIRST GENERAL EPISTLE OF JOHN. _Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle._ -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historians, and other eastern Write...
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING - There can be no doubt that the reference here is to the Lord Jesus Christ, or the “Word” that was made flesh. See the notes at John 1:1. This is such language as Jo...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE LIFE MANIFESTED CHAPTER 1:1-4 The opening verses of this Epistle are very precious and are the key to the whole Epistle. Three Scriptures speak of what was in the beg...
THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE. The writer is concerned with the HYPERLINK "file:///Vord" of life. Life, which from the beginning had been contained in the Word, found at length in Jesus a manifestation to whic...
What we are telling you about is that which was from the beginning, that which we heard, that which we saw with our eyes, that which we gazed upon, and which our hands touched. It is about the word of...
THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
from the beginning. Greek. _ap_. (App-104.) _arches._ See John 8:44. Occurs nine times in this epistle. SEEN. App-133. HAVE. Omit. LOOKED UPON. App-133. HANDLED. Greek. _pselaphao._ See Acts 17:27...
_That which was from the beginning_ The similarity to the opening of the Gospel is manifest: but the thought is somewhat different. There the point is that the Word existed before the Creation; here t...
1 John 1:1-4. The Introduction That the first four verses are introductory is generally admitted. They are analogous to the first eighteen verses of the Gospel and to the first three verses of the Re...
1. The similarity to the opening of the Gospel is manifest: but the thought is not the same. There it is that the Λόγος existed before the _Creation_, here that the Λόγος existed before the _Incarnati...
1 John 1:1-4. THE INTRODUCTION The first four verses are introductory. They are analogous to the first eighteen verses of the Gospel, and to the first three of the Revelation. Like the Prologue to the...
ΉΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΆΡΧ (G746) начало. Это может быть начало сотворения, или вообще начало всего; это слово подчеркивает идею предсущности и божественности, или же это начало п...
DISCOURSE: 2430 THE BENEFITS ARISING FROM FAITH IN CHRIST 1 John 1:1. 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...
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING, &C.— Though _from the beginning_ (απ αρχης), and _in the beginning_ (εν αρχη), as we have it, John 1:1 are somewhat different expressions; yet, as Christ is here sty...
HEREBY WE KNOW PART I Prologue of I John 1 John 1:1-7 Life is Fellowship with God Who is Light Chapter I _GOD IN A TEST TUBE_ The Prologue 1 John 1:1-4 A. _The Text_ That which was from the beg...
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; Instead of a focal, John adopts...
1 The ministry of John is based upon his personal acquaintance with the Lord in the flesh. Indeed, this was the prime qualification of all the twelve apostles (Act_1:21). They were to bear witness to...
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIGHT 1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1. In 1 John 1:1 a sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2, is continued in...
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER 1. THE WRITER The letter does not tell us who wrote it. The tradition is that John is the author. John was an *apostle. He was one of...
[1. The Exordium (1 John 1:1). (1) OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THE APOSTOLIC PREACHING: The setting forth of the historical Christ for the spread of human fellowship with the Father and the Son (1 John 1...
CHAPTER 5 ANALYSIS AND THEORY OF ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL 1 John 1:1 IN the opening verses of this Epistle we have a sentence whose ample and prolonged prelude has but one parallel in St. John's writings....
ὅ, _i.e._ the Logos and the Eternal Life which He manifested. _Cf._ 1 John 1:4 : πᾶν τὸ γεγεννημένον with note. ἦν, “verbum æternitatis significativum non habentis initium” (Clem. Alex.). It “was” ere...
The Preface. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we beheld and our hands felt, concerning the Word of Life and the Life was manifested, and...
FELLOWSHIP IN THE LIGHT 1 John 1:1 As the aged Apostle began to write he was living over again his first happy experiences with the Savior. He heard the voice, saw the person, touched the very body i...
This is possibly the last apostolic message to the whole Church. It is complementary to the Gospel of John. Its subject is fellowship with God, into which believers are introduced through their union...
"CONCERNING THE WORD OF LIFE" The first sentence of John's first epistle actually covers the first four verses. There are great similarities between these verses and the first fourteen verses of John'...
That (1) which was from the beginning, which we have (a) heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the (b) Word of life; (1) He begins with th...
The first two verses and part of the third have a great conformity with the beginning of St. John's gospel. The construction is somewhat obscure, unless we observe that the second verse is to be taken...
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; (2) (For the life was manifested,...
CONTENTS The Apostle begins his Epistle with a glorious Account of Christ And he assigns this Reason of his Writing to the Church, to bring them into Fellowship with his glorious Person, and the Fath...
He shows, first, that life has been exhibited to us in Christ; which, as it is an incomparable good, ought to rouse and inflame all our powers with a marvelous desire for it, and with the love of it....
The Epistle of John has a peculiar character. It is eternal life manifested in Jesus, and imparted to us the life which was with the Father, and which is in the Son. It is in this life that believers...
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING,.... By which is meant not the Gospel, as if the apostle's design was to assert the antiquity of that, and clear it from the charge of novelty; for though that is cal...
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; Ver. 1. _That which was from the...
_That which was_ That is, as the expression here means, _the word which was_, namely, with the Father, (1 John 1:2,) before he was manifested; _from the beginning_ This phrase sometimes means the begi...
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING; that which was in the beginning, and therefore existed from the beginning. He means the Son of God in his eternal nature. John 1:1. WHICH WE HAVE HEARD; when made f...
CHRIST'S PERSON AND OFFICE. Concerning the person of Christ:...
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,...
Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Person...
1-4 That essential Good, that uncreated Excellence, which had been from the beginning, from eternity, as equal with the Father, and which at length appeared in human nature for the salvation of sinne...
OLBGrk; 1 JOHN CHAPTER 1 1 JOHN 1:1 The apostle professeth to declare what he had formerly seen and known of the Word of life, to the end that others might have fellowship with him. 1 JOHN 1:5 Th...
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul Read the testimony of John: "That which we have seen, which we have heard, which we have looked upon with our eyes, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life....
1 John 1:1 which G3739 was G2258 (G5713) from G575 beginning G746 which G3739 heard G191 (G5754) which...
THE WORD OF LIFE DECLARED (1 JOHN 1:1). ‘That which was (imperfect) from the beginning, that which we have heard (perfect), that which we have seen (perfect) with our eyes, that which we beheld (aoris...
The apostle introduces this catholic Epistle by a compendious description of the object, nature, and design of the apostolical announcement concerning the Incarnate Word of life. Its object is the Ete...
THAT WHICH (ο). Strictly speaking, the neuter relative here is not personal, but the message "concerning the Word of life" (περ του λογου της ζωης), a phrase that reminds one at once of the Word (Λο...
1 John 1:1 The Ground of Christian Ethics. I. St. John begins with speaking of that which he saw, and heard, and handled. Those who read his letter could have no doubt that he was referring to the ti...
1 John 1:1 The Word of Life. St. John sets forth in his writings no theory of life. He cannot, or does not, formulate his conception of it into a system; he simply feels a power, not of death, but of...
1 John 1:1. _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;_ The fact that Chris...
May that Divine Spirit, who inspired every word of this wonderful letter, bless it to all our hearts as we read it! 1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have...
1 John 1:1. _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;_ You know who that is...
1 John 1:1. _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;_ The fact that Chris...
CONTENTS: Fellowship with God made possible through the incarnation. Conditions of perpetual fellowship walking in the light and confessing sins. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John. CONCLUSION: Fellowship...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning._ We have before observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. _L'ETRE Suprê...
WE WRITE TO YOU. Compare John 20:30-31. THE WORD OF LIFE. Jesus the Christ, who is the Eternal Logos. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. Since the Logos is Eternal and existed before time began (John 1:1), we s...
THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF S. JOHN.. CHAPTER 1 VER. 1. _That which was from the beginning_, &c. The beginning of this Epistle corresponds with the beginning of St. John's Gospel. Both here and the...
CHAPTER 5 Ver. 1. _Every one that believeth_, with a living faith, which extends itself to charity, and worketh by love, _that Jesus is the Christ_, i.e., the Messiah, the Saviour and Redeemer of the...
THE FELLOWSHIPS OF THE HOLY LIFE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 1:1 are introductory, and may be compared with the prologue of the gospel by St. John. The subject of the epistle is “the Word...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 1:1 1. THE INTRODUCTION. It declares the writer's authority, based on personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to which this Epistle forms a companion; and...
Shall we turn to 1 John. Why did John write this epistle? In chapter one, verse four, he tells us, "These things write we unto that your joy may full." So that you might have the fullness of joy. Do y...
1 John 2:13; 1 John 4:14; 1 John 5:7; 2 Peter 1:16; Acts 1:3;...
Compare John 1:1; John 1:9; John 1:14. The construction of the first three verses is somewhat involved. It will be simplified by throwing it into three parts, represented respectively by vv. 1, 2, 3....
That which was — Here means, He which was the Word himself; afterwards it means, that which they had heard from him. Which was — Namely, with the Father, 1 John 1:2, before he was manifested. From the...
It is first observable, that whereas St. John began his gospel with. description of Christ's divinity, as God, he begins his epistle with. demonstration of the truth of his human nature, as man; for t...