1 John 1:1

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We want to tell you about the Word that gives life—the one who existed before the world began. This is the one we have heard and have seen with our own eyes. We saw what he did, and our hands touched him.

Cross References

John 20:27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. Look at my hands. Put your hand here in my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

Acts 4:20

We cannot be quiet. We must tell people about what we have seen and heard.”

1 John 4:14

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

John 5:26

Life comes from the Father himself. So the Father has also allowed the Son to give life.

Luke 24:39

Look at my hands and my feet. It’s really me. Touch me. You can see that I have a living body; a ghost does not have a body like this.”

John 8:58

Jesus answered, “The fact is, before Abraham was born, I AM.”

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the one who is, who always was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”

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.)

Acts 1:3

This was after his death, but he showed them that he was alive, proving it to them in many ways. The apostles saw Jesus many times during the 40 days after he was raised from death. He spoke to them about God’s kingdom.

Revelation 19:13

He was dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and he was called the Word of God.

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “Here is a message from the one who is the First and the Last, the one who died and came to life again.

Luke 1:2

What they have written agrees with what we learned from the people who saw those events from the beginning. They also served God by telling people his message.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are the smallest town in Judah. Your family is almost too small to count, but the “Ruler of Israel” will come from you to rule for me. His beginnings are from ancient times, from long, long ago.

Revelation 1:11

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

Isaiah 41:4

Who was able to make all this happen? Who controlled the lives of everyone from the beginning? I, the Lord, am the one. I was here at the beginning, and I will be here when all things are finished.

1 John 5:7

So there are three witnesses that tell us about Jesus:

Hebrews 2:3

So surely we also will be punished if we don’t pay attention to the salvation we have that is so great. It was the Lord Jesus who first told people about it. And those who heard him proved to us that it is true.