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indeed[a] life[b] was made-known! And we have seen and are testifying and are announcing to you the eternal life[c] which was with the Father and was made-known to us!— That-which[d] we have seen and heard we are announcing also to you so that you also may have fellowship[e] with us. And indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things in order that our joy may be full.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 1:2 Or, and. Before John completes the thought that he is declaring his eyewitness testimony, he leaps ahead to exclaim the result produced by the Christ he witnessed.
  2. 1 John 1:2 life was made-known. Or, the Life (Christ) appeared!
  3. 1 John 1:2 life... was made-known to us. Or, Life which was with the Father and appeared to us.
  4. 1 John 1:3 This resumes from v 1 after the emphatic placement of v 2.
  5. 1 John 1:3 Or, partnership, communion.

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