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(KJV) 1 John 1:1
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;
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING
John introduces this letter (1 John 1:1-4) in a way that is similar to the introduction of his Gospel (his narrative account of Jesus’ life; John 1:1-2).
SEEN WITH OUR EYES … OUR HANDS HAVE TOUCHED
John begins the letter with the witness of his personal knowledge of Jesus. He can confirm the fact that the One who existed from eternity “became flesh” (a real flesh-and-blood man, John 1:14). He was true God and true man (Hebrews 2:14). This testimony directly contradicts a false teaching that was circulated, which denied that Jesus is the Christ (the promised Savior from God) and that Christ truly existed in physical form. This false teaching was an early form of Gnosticism, which taught that “spirit” (the spirit realm) is basically good, while “matter” (the physical world) is basically evil. This led to the belief that salvation was achieved through escape from the body, which came not by faith in Christ, but by special knowledge (the Greek word for “knowledge” is gnosis). This incorrect belief caused some people to reject Jesus’ true humanity (1 John 2:22-23; 4:3) and led to other strange ideas, such as the thought that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body rather than actually having a physical body. John directly refutes these ideas by clearly describing Jesus as the Son of God in physical human form (1 John 1:1; 2:22; 4:2-3).
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
- SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
- HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
- THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
- HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
- ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
- THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
- BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
- OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
- HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
- THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
- BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
- IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
- BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
- MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
- THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
- ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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