1 John 1:1 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life-

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ [WE ARE writing] about the Word of Life [in] Him Who existed from the beginning, Whom we have heard, Whom we have seen with our [own] eyes, Whom we have gazed upon [for ourselves] and have touched with our [own] hands.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

Common English Bible

¹ We announce to you what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have seen and our hands handled, about the word of life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life.

1 John 1:1 Cross References

Luke 1:2

just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered [them] to us,

Luke 24:39

Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have."

John 19:35

And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he tells the truth, so that you may believe.

John 20:27

Then He said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here, and put [it] into My side. Be not unbelieving, but believing."

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."

Acts 1:3

to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Acts 4:20

For we can do none other but to speak the things which we saw and heard.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which in the beginning was spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard,

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

1 John 5:7

For there are three that bear witness:

Revelation 1:11

saying, "That which you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

Revelation 1:8

"I am the Alpha and the Omega,"says the Lord God, "He who is and He who was and He who is to come, The Almighty."

Revelation 19:13

And He is clothed in a robe having been dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

Revelation 2:8

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the First and the Last, who became dead, and came to life: