1 John 1:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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:

1 John 1:1 Cross References

Isaiah 41:4

Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am He.

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.

Luke 1:2

just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

Luke 24:39

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

John 19:35

He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth—that you also may believe.

John 20:27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing.”

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Acts 1:3

To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,

1 John 4:14

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

1 John 5:7

And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to La-odicea.”

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 19:13

He is clad in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.

Revelation 2:8

“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.