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Verse 1 John 1:2. _FOR THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED_] The Lord Jesus, who
is the creator of all things, and the _fountain of life_ to all
sentient and intellectual beings, and from whom _eternal life_ and...
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FOR THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED - Was made manifest or visible unto us. He
who was the life was made known to people by the incarnation. He
appeared among people so that they could see him and hear him. T...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
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FOR. And.
MANIFESTED. App-106.
BEAR WITNESS. See John 1:7, and p. 1511.
SHEW. report. Greek. _apangello._ See Acts 4:23.
UNTO. to.
ETERNAL. App-151. "Eternal life" Occurs in this epistle six time...
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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...
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_For the life was manifested_ Better, AND _the life_&c. It is S.
John's characteristic use of the simple conjunction. -Manifest"
(φανεροῦν) also is one of S. John's characteristic words,
frequent in G...
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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...
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2. ΚΑῚ Ἡ ΖΩῊ ἘΦΑΝΕΡΏΘΗ. Trebly characteristic of
S. John 1. The connexion by means of the simple conjunction. 2. The
repetition of ζωή from 1 John 1:1, carrying on part of one sentence
into the next f...
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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...
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FOR THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED— Jesus Christ is here called _the Life,_
not only as having life in himself, but as the author of eternal life,
or that great and glorious Person, who revealed,and will bes...
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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...
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(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;)
THE LIFE - Jesus, "the Word of lif...
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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...
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1:2 report (b-15) which (c-21) _ Hostis_ . as Matthew 7:24 . The
character, not merely the statement of the fact, 'which was such a one
as that.'...
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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...
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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...
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[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...
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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...
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A parenthesis reiterating the assurance of the reality of the
manifestation. The Apostle heaps assurance upon assurance with
elaborate emphasis, and the cumbrousness of his language should not be
remo...
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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...
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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...
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"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'...
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(For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness,
and (c) shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father,
and was manifested unto us;)
(c) Being sent by him: and that...
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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,...
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_MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH_
‘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; that whic...
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2_For _(or, _and_) _the life was manifested _The copulative is
explanatory, as though he had said, “We testify of the vivifying
Word, as life has been manifested.” The sense may at the same time
be tw...
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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...
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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,
original...
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(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;)
Ver. 2. _For the life was manifeste...
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_For the life_ The living Word; _was manifested_ In the flesh to our
very senses; _and we have seen it_ In its full evidence; _and bear
witness_ Testify by declaring, by preaching, and writing, 1 John...
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THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED; by becoming flesh. John 1:14.
WAS WITH THE FATHER; dwelt with him from eternity. John 1:1; John
1:18; John 16:28;...
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(FOR THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED, AND WE HAVE SEEN IT, AND BEAR WITNESS,
AND SHOW UNTO YOU THAT ETERNAL LIFE WHICH WAS WITH THE FATHER AND WAS
MANIFESTED UNTO US,)...
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CHRIST'S PERSON AND OFFICE.
Concerning the person of Christ:...
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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...
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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...
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He interrupts the stream of his discourse by this seasonable
parenthesis, while he therein gives an account how _the Word of life,
the life, that eternal life, _ (already noted to be here all one, and...
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Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ
For its salvation is endangered, not by its being ignorant of itself,
but of the word of God. "The life," says He, "was manifested,"[179]...
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1 John 1:2 G2532 life G2222 manifested G5319 (G5681) and G2532 seen
G3708 (G5758) and G2532 witness...
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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...
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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...
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WAS MANIFESTED
(εφανερωθη). First aorist passive indicative of
φανεροω, to make known what already exists, whether invisible
(B. Weiss) or visible, "intellectual or sensible" (Brooke). In
Colossians...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BECAME VISIBLE. The Eternal Logos was not visible until he became a
human being. WE SAW IT. The apostles were eyewitnesses who were given
a special mission. Compare Acts 1:21-22. SO WE SPEAK. The miss...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:2 MADE MANIFEST. Jesus was publicly seen and
known. He was sent from and revealed by God. LIFE... ETERNAL LIFE
refers to the nature and quality of life in fellowship with God ...
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1 JOHN 1:1 God Is Light and Christ Is the Way. John begins by
emphasizing Christ’s deity, incarnation, saving death, and
continuing ministry. He also stresses God’s nature as “light” (1
John 1:5) and...
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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...
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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...
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But the word signifies not only His eternity, but His eternal
generation, and (3.) His Godhead, for 'Being' or existence, as Elias
Cretensis says, is peculiar (_proprium_) to God. For He is the fulnes...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 3:5; 1 John 3:8; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:20; 1 Peter 5:1;...
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This verse is parenthetical. Compare, for similar interruptions of the
construction, ver. 3, John 1:14; John 3:16; John 3:31; John 19:35.
And [κ α ι]. See on...
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THE CHRIST CHAPTER
1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first
chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter of the First
E...
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For the life — The living Word. Was manifested — In the flesh, to
our very senses. And we testify and declare — We testify by
declaring, by preaching, and writing, 1 John 1:3. Preaching lays the
found...
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As if the apostle had said, " CHRIST JESUS, that eternal life which
was with the Father from eternity, as being his eternal Son, was in
the fulness of time manifested in the flesh, and we his apostles...