1 John 1:2

Easy To Read Version

That Life was shown to us. We saw it. We can give proof about it. Now we tell you about that Life. It is Life that continues forever. This is the Life that was with God the Father. God showed this Life to us.

Cross References

John 1:18

No man has ever seen God. But the only Son (Jesus) is God. He is very close to the Father {\cf2\super [7]} (God). And the Son has shown us what God is like.

John 1:4

In him there was life. That life was light (understanding, goodness) for the people of the world.

John 10:28

I give my sheep eternal life. They will never die. And no person can take them out of my hand.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way. I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

John 16:28

I came from the Father into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.

John 17:5

And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

John 19:35

(The one who saw this happen has told about it. He told about it so that you also can believe. The things he says are true. He knows that he tells the truth.)

John 21:14

This was now the third time Jesus showed himself to his followers after he was raised from death.

John 3:13

The only one that has ever gone up to heaven is the One that came down from heaven—the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [48]}

John 7:29

But I know him and I am from him. He sent me.”

John 8:38

I am telling you what my Father has shown me. But you do the things that your father has told you.”

Acts 10:41

But Jesus was not seen by all the people. Only the witnesses that God had already chosen saw him. We are those witnesses! We ate and drank with Jesus after he was raised from death.

Acts 2:32

So Jesus is the One God raised from death, \{not David\}! We are all witnesses of this. We saw him!

Acts 3:15

And so you killed the One that gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw this with our own eyes.

Acts 5:32

We saw all these things happen, and we can say these things are true. The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [100]} also shows that these things are true. God has given the Spirit to all people that obey him.”

Romans 8:3

The law {\cf2\super [61]} was without power because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. God sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that other people use for sin. God sent his Son to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to condemn (destroy) sin.

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time came, God sent his Son. God’s Son was born from a woman. God’s Son lived under the law. {\cf2\super [48]}

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:

2 Timothy 1:10

That grace was not shown to us until now. It was shown to us when our Savior Christ Jesus came. Jesus destroyed death and showed us the way to have life. Yes! Through the Good News Jesus showed us the way to have life that cannot be destroyed.

Titus 1:2

That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

1 Peter 5:1

Now I have something to say to the elders {\cf2\super [30]} in your group. I am also an elder. I myself have seen Christ’s sufferings. And I will share in the glory that will be shown to us. I beg you to

1 John 1:1

We tell you now about something that has existed (lived) since before the world began:

1 John 2:25

And this is what the Son promised to us—life forever.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away people’s sins. There is no sin in Christ.

1 John 3:8

The devil has been sinning since the beginning. The person who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God (Christ) came for this: to destroy the devil’s work.

1 John 4:14

We have seen that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. That is what we tell people now.

1 John 4:2

This is how you can know God’s Spirit. {\cf2\super [15]} One spirit says, “I believe that Jesus is the Christ who came to earth and became a man.” That Spirit is from God.

1 John 5:11

This is what God told us: God has given us eternal life. And this eternal life is in his Son (Jesus).

1 John 5:13

The children of your sister {\cf2\super [5]} who was chosen by God send you their love.

1 John 5:20

But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}