1 John 1:2 (GNV)

Passage

(For that life was made manifest, and wee haue seene it, and beare witnes, and shewe vnto you that eternall life, which was with the Father, and was made manifest vnto vs)

Nearby Context

1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which wee haue heard, which wee haue seene with these our eyes, which wee haue looked vpon, and these handes of ours haue handled of that Word of life,

1 John 1:2 (For that life was made manifest, and wee haue seene it, and beare witnes, and shewe vnto you that eternall life, which was with the Father, and was made manifest vnto vs)

1 John 1:3 That, I say, which wee haue seene and heard, declare wee vnto you, that yee may also haue fellowship with vs, and that our fellowship also may be with the Father, and with his Sonne Iesvs Christ.

1 John 1:4 And these thinges write we vnto you, that that your ioy may be full.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "life", "manifest", "haue", "seene", "beare", "witnes", "shewe", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "life" and "manifest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "That which was from the beginning which..." into verse 3's "That I say which wee haue seene...", so "life" and "manifest" belong inside that flow. In 1 John context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "life" and "manifest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.