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1Jn 1:2. Ἐφανερώθη, was manifested) gave Himself in the flesh to our eyes, ears, and hands: Joh 1:14. The same word is used of His coming in glory: ch. 1Jn 2:28.-καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν καὶ ἀπαγγέλλομεν, and we testify and declare) Testimony is the genus; there are two species, declaration and writing, 1Jn 1:3-4. Declaration lays the foundation, 1Jn 1:5-10; writing builds upon it, 1Jn 1:4, note.-ὑμῖν, to you) who have not seen.-τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον, Life eternal) In the beginning of the epistle mention is made of that Life eternal, which always existed, and afterwards appeared to us: at the end of the epistle mention is made of the same Life eternal, which we shall always enjoy. This title of itself teaches, that the goodness of Jesus in its highest sense is not denied: Mar 10:18, note.-ἦν, was) A repetition by the figure Epanodos; comp. 1Jn 1:1, at the beginning.-πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, with the Father) So Joh 1:1, with God.