1 JOHN 1:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“(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 made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us — the manifestation (phaneroō) reveals the life that eternally existed with the Father. Testimony (martureo) and proclamation (apaggellō) transform personal experience into apostolic witness. The eternal life's appearance in history forms the foundation for the community's fellowship.
Church Fathers on 1 John 1:2
“And we have seen and are witnesses.” 1 John 1:2 Perhaps some of the brethren who are not acquainted with the Greek do not know what the word “witnesses” is in Greek: and yet it is a term much used by all, and had in religious reverence; for what in our tongue we call “witnesses,” in Greek are “martyrs.” Now where is the man that has not heard of martyrs, or where the Christian in whose mouth the name of martyrs dwells not every day and would that it so dwelt in the heart…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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