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That life was made visible;
we have seen it and bear witness,
proclaiming to you the eternal life[a]
that was with the Father
and was revealed to us.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 1:2 That life . . . the eternal life: i.e., Christ. He is called “life” because he is the living one who has life in himself (see Jn 11:25; 14:6). He is also the source of life and sovereign over life (1 Jn 5:11). This Letter begins and concludes (1 Jn 5:11) with the theme of eternal life.