1 John 1:1

Good News Translation

We write to you about the Word of life, which has existed from the very beginning. We have heard it, and we have seen it with our eyes; yes, we have seen it, and our hands have touched it.

Cross References

Isaiah 41:4

Who was it that made this happen? Who has determined the course of history? I, the Lord, was there at the beginning, and I, the Lord, will be there at the end.

Micah 5:2

The Lord says, “Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are one of the smallest towns in Judah, but out of you I will bring a ruler for Israel, whose family line goes back to ancient times.”

Luke 1:2

They wrote what we have been told by those who saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message.

Luke 24:39

Look at my hands and my feet, and see that it is I myself. Feel me, and you will know, for a ghost doesn't have flesh and bones, as you can see I have.”

John 19:35

The one who saw this happen has spoken of it, so that you also may believe. What he said is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth.)

John 20:27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands; then reach out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your doubting, and believe!”

John 5:26

Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.

John 8:58

“I am telling you the truth,” Jesus replied. “Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’.”

Acts 1:3

For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God.

Acts 4:20

For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard.”

Hebrews 2:3

How, then, shall we escape if we pay no attention to such a great salvation? The Lord himself first announced this salvation, and those who heard him proved to us that it is true.

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and tell others that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

1 John 5:7

There are three witnesses:

Revelation 1:11

It said, “Write down what you see, and send the book to the churches in these seven cities: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:8

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

Revelation 19:13

The robe he wore was covered with blood. His name is “The Word of God.”

Revelation 2:8

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: “This is the message from the one who is the first and the last, who died and lived again.