1 John 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

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  • John 1:4 : 4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
  • John 15:27 : 27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 3:15 : 15 And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.
  • John 1:1-2 : 1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God. 2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.
  • 1 John 1:1 : 1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead; 26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
  • Prov 8:22-30 : 22 The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. 23 From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was. 24 When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water. 25 Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth: 26 When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world. 27 When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep: 28 When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed: 29 When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth: 30 Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times;
  • John 16:28 : 28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • John 3:13 : 13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
  • John 7:29 : 29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
  • John 8:38 : 38 I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
  • Acts 10:41 : 41 Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal, 26 But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.
  • John 21:14 : 14 Now this was the third time that Jesus let himself be seen by the disciples after he had come back from the dead.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
  • Acts 2:32 : 32 This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

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  • 1 John 1:1
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    1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

  • 1 John 1:3-7
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    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

  • John 1:14-16
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    14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

    15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

    16 From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

  • John 1:1-10
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    1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

    2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.

    3 All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

    4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

    5 And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

    7 He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

    8 He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

    9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

    10 He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

  • John 1:18
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    18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • 2 Pet 1:16
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    16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

  • Rev 1:2
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    2 Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

  • Luke 1:1-2
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    1 As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

    2 As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

  • 1 John 4:9
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    9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

  • 1 John 2:24-25
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    24 But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.

    25 And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

  • 2 John 1:2-3
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    2 Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:

    3 May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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    12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

    14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

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    20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

  • 2 Tim 1:10
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    10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

  • John 1:34
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    34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

  • 2 Pet 1:18
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    18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  • 1 John 3:11
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    11 Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

  • John 3:11
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    11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:6
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    6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

  • John 15:27
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    27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

  • 1 John 2:8
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    8 Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

  • 1 John 2:13-14
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    13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.

    14 I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

  • 2 John 1:5
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    5 And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.