1 John 1:1-4 - Prologue

¹ THAT which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld and our hands felt, concerning the Word of life,??2 and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us,??3 that which we have seen and heard, we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ And these things we write to you, that your joy may be complete.

¹ A REVELATION of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his servants [things] which must shortly occur, and he sent and made them known by his angel to his servant John, ² who declared the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ which he saw. ³ Blessed is he that reads, and those that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time is at hand.