約翰壹書 1:2 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 1:1-4

Introduction. I. SUBJECT OF APOSTOLIC PROCLAMATION . 1 . What is thrown into prominence. One must be thought of as having timelessness and all that belongs to timelessness. 2 . Parenthetical statement. 3 . Former statement, which was left incomplete, resumed. "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also." We are not told who the recipients of this Epistle were. They were not all Christians, for, having declared their message to others, they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 1:2

Parenthetical. The main thought of 1 John 1:1 and 1 John 1:3 is, "We declare to you a Being both eternal and yet seen and known by us." That of 1 John 1:2 is, "This Being, in his character of the Life, became visible, and in him are centered all the relations between God and man." Quite in St. John's style, verse 2 takes up and develops a portion of verse 1, using its last word as the basis of a new departure (comp. John 1:14 ; ἐφανερώθη gives the same fact as σάρχ ἐγένετο ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:2

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. Though originally with God, and dwelling with him, John 1:1-2, yet he came forth and appeared among people. Compare the Romans 1:3 note; 1 Timothy 3:16 note. He is the great source of all life, and he appeared on the earth, and we had an opportunity of seeing and knowing what he was.And we have seen... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 1:2

1 John 1:2. 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 1:3-4. Preaching lays the foundation, writing builds thereon: and show unto you Who have not seen; the eternal life The eternal Word and Son of God, who lives himself for ever, and is the author of eternal life to us, John 10:28; Hebrews 5:9; which was with the Father John... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:1-10

1:1-2:17 LIVING IN THE LIGHTFellowship with God (1:1-2:6)In the opening few words of his letter, John states clearly certain facts about Jesus Christ that are basic to Christianity. Jesus Christ is the eternal God and he became a real man whom John and his fellow apostles have seen, heard and touched (1:1-2). John’s joy will be complete if he knows that he and his readers share together in the eternal life that comes to them through Jesus Christ. This life unites them to one another as well as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 1:2

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 times. with . App-104 . Father . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:2

(and 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)This verse is parenthetical, but it regards the very thing in John's mind from the first verse, namely, the Holy One, the same who in the beginning was "with God" and "was God" (John 1:1), called in the gospel "the Word" and here "the Word of life" (1 John 1:1).This life manifested ... Moffatt was doubtless correct in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:2

1 John 1:2. 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 bestow, that immortal glory and felicity, which was in former ages comparatively concealed in the breast or council of Deity; and which the Lord Jesus Christ so clearly manifested unto the apostles, and brought to light in the gospel. See John 1:4; John 11:25; Joh 14:6 and 1Jn 5:11-12; 1... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:2

2. the life—Jesus, "the Word of life." was manifested—who had previously been "with the Father." show—Translate as in 1 John 1:3, "declare" (compare 1 John 1:5). Declare is the general term; write is the particular (1 John 1:5- :). that eternal life—Greek, "the life which is eternal." As the Epistle begins, so it ends with "eternal life," which we shall ever enjoy with, and in, Him who is "the life eternal." which—Greek, "the which." the before-mentioned (1 John 1:5- :) life which was with the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:1-4

I. INTRODUCTION: THE PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE 1:1-4"This writing begins without any of the formal features characteristic of a letter, such as we found in 2 John and 3 John. Since the conclusion also lacks any typical features of a letter, we must conclude that the writing is not so much a letter as a written sermon or address." [Note: I. Howard Marshall, The Epistles of John, p. 99.] John began this epistle by explaining to his audience why he wrote. He said he wrote so his readers would enjoy... read more