1 John 1:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 41:4

Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? "It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last."

Micah 5:2

And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a little one among the thousands of Judah. From you will go forth he who shall be the ruler in Israel, and his landing place has been set from the beginning, from the days of eternity.

Luke 1:2

just as they have been handed on to those of us who from the beginning saw the same and were ministers of the word,

Luke 24:39

See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Look and touch. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."

John 19:35

And he who saw this has offered testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knows that he speaks the truth, so that you also may believe.

John 20:27

Next, he said to Thomas: "Look at my hands, and place your finger here; and bring your hand close, and place it at my side. And do not choose to be unbelieving, but faithful."

John 5:26

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

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am."

Acts 1:3

He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations.

Acts 4:20

For we are unable to refrain from speaking the things that we have seen and heard."

Hebrews 2:3

in what way might we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? For though initially it had begun to be described by the Lord, it was confirmed among us by those who heard him,

1 John 4:14

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

1 John 5:7

For there are Three who give testimony in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these Three are One.

Revelation 1:11

saying, "What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven Churches, which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

Revelation 1:8

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

Revelation 19:13

And he was clothed with a vestment sprinkled with blood. And his name is called: THE WORD OF GOD.

Revelation 2:8

And to the Angel of the Church of Smyrna write: Thus says the First and the Last, he who was dead and now lives: