1 John 1:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

The life

Was manifested

Titus 1:2

And bear

Shew

1 John 5:20

That eternal

John 17:3

Which was

General references

Mark 4:22

Luke 24:48

1 John 2:25

Bible References

The life

Now what is testified, is this, that God has given to us eternal life: and this life is by his son.

the Life was produc'd in him, and the Life was the Light of men.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall live even though he were dead:

Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man can come to the father, but by me.

Was manifested

and you know that he appear'd to abolish our sins; and that he was himself without sin.

Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from antient times, but now is laid open,

the mystery of piety is the pillar and basts of truth; and certainly most extraordinary. God has appear'd in the flesh, been justified by the spirit, seen by angels, proclaim'd to the Gentiles, believ'd by the world, and assum'd into glory.

has now been display'd by the coming of Jesus Christ our saviour, who has defeated the power of death, by bringing a life of immortality to light thro' the gospel.

and gives the expectation of eternal life, which the God of veracity promised so many ages ago;

And bear

and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

this was the third time that Jesus appear'd to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.

from his baptism by John, to the day of his assumption, we should chuse one to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

'tis this Jesus whom God hath raised up, of which we all are witnesses.

but killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

and we are his witnesses in what we say, and so is the holy spirit, whom God hath given to those that obey him.

not to all the people, but to those witnesses, which God had before chosen: to us, I say, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

I address myself to you pastors, as being a pastor myself, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and as one who is to partake of the glory, that shall hereafter be made manifest;

Shew

We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding to know him that is true: and we are with him that is true, by his son Jesus Christ. "he is the true God, who is the author of eternal life."

That eternal

and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

Which was

In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.

but I know him, for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

what I have learnt from my father, that I tell: and what you have learnt from your father, that you do.

I was sent by the father, and am come into the world: but now I leave the world, and am going to my father.

and now, O father, glorify me in heaven, with the glory which I had before the creation of the world.

God having sent his own son invested with a body like that of sinful men, as a sacrifice for sin, thereby destroyed its power; which the law could not effect, human nature being in such a corrupted state.

God sent forth his own son born of a woman, and subject to the law, to redeem those,

General references

for there is nothing conceal'd but what shall be made manifest: nor was any thing kept secret, but in order to be divulged.

you are witnesses of these things.

and this is the reward that he hath promised us, even eternal life.