1 John 1:1-4

Introduction, The Incarnate Word

1 What was ¹from the beginning, what we have ²heard, what we have ³seen with our eyes, what we ⁴have looked at and ⁵touched with our hands, concerning the ⁶Word of Life -

2 and ⁷the life was manifested, and we have ⁸seen and ⁹testify and proclaim to you ¹⁰the eternal life, which was ¹¹with the Father and was ¹²manifested to us-

3 what we have ¹³seen and ¹⁴heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our ¹⁵fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

4 ¹⁶These things we write, so that our ¹⁷joy may be made complete.

Cross References

• 1. John 1:1; 1 John 2:13, 14
• 2. Acts 4:20; 1 John 1:3
• 3. John 19:35; 2 Peter 1:16; 1 John 1:2
• 4. John 1:14; 1 John 4:14
• 5. Luke 24:39; John 20:27
• 6. John 1:1, 4
• 7. John 1:4; 1 John 3:5, 8; 1 John 5:20
• 8. John 19:35; 1 John 1:1
• 9. John 15:27; 1 John 4:14
• 10. John 10:28; John 17:3; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:11, 13, 20
• 11. John 1:1
• 12. John 1:4; 1 John 3:5, 8; 1 John 5:20
• 13. John 19:35; 2 Peter 1:16; 1 John 1:1
• 14. Acts 4:20; 1 John 1:1
• 15. John 17:3, 21; 1 Corinthians 1:9
• 16. 1 John 2:1
• 17. John 3:29