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for the life was made visible;
    we have seen it and testify to it
    and proclaim to you the eternal life
    that was with the Father and was made visible to us—(A)

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through him was life,
    and this life was the light of the human race;(A)

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21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life,[a] so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:21 Gives life: in the Old Testament, a divine prerogative (Dt 32:39; 1 Sm 2:6; 2 Kgs 5:7; Tb 13:2; Is 26:19; Dn 12:2).

26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself.(A)

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[a]Now this is eternal life,(A) that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:3 This verse was clearly added in the editing of the gospel as a reflection on the preceding verse; Jesus nowhere else refers to himself as Jesus Christ.