1 John 1:1 Cross References - Godbey

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have beheld, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of the life;

² as those being eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word have delivered unto us;

³⁹ See my hands and my feet, that I am He: feel me; and see, because a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me having.

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² The same was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made by Him, and without Him nothing was made, that has been made. ⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the light of the men. ⁵ And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. ⁶ There was a man having been sent from God, whose name was John; ⁷ The same came for a witness, that he might bear witness concerning the light, in order that all through him might believe. ⁸ He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness concerning the light. ⁹ That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. ¹¹ He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. ¹² But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name: ¹³ who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ¹⁴ The Word was made flesh, and tented among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John beareth witness concerning Him, and cried out saying; This is He of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me has been before me: ¹⁶ because He was my Creator. And of His fullness we all received grace upon grace. ¹⁷ Because the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, the one being in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.

²⁶ For as the Father hath life in Himself, so also He has given to His Son to have life also in Himself.

⁵⁸ Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

³⁵ And He having seen hath testified, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he speaks the truth, that you also may believe.

²⁷ Then He says to Thomas, Bring hither your finger, and see my hands, and bring your hand, and cast it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

³ To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

²⁰ for we are not able not to speak those things which we have seen and heard.

¹⁶ For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For having received from God the Father the honor and glory of such a voice having been borne to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹⁸ We, being with him in the holy mount, heard this voice borne from heaven.

² and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and we testify, and we proclaim to you the life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and has been made manifest unto us; ³ that which we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, in order that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

¹³ I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have conquered the wicked one. I have written unto you, little children, because you have known the Father. ¹⁴ I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

¹⁴ And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent forth his Son the Saviour of the world.

⁷ Because there are three who are bearing witness,

⁸ I am Alpha and Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.

¹¹ saying, Write what you are seeing in a book, and send it to the seven churches; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; and he laid his right hand on me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last: ¹⁸ the living one, and I was dead; and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

⁸ And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; The first and the last, who was dead, and is alive, says these things:

¹³ and being clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name has been called, The Word of God.