1 John 1:2
(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;)
Cross-reference
In 1 John 5:20, Jesus is declared to be eternal life, directly connecting to the eternal life that was with the Father and made manifest in 1:2.
In 1 John 5:11, the testimony that God gave eternal life in his Son echoes the proclamation of eternal life made manifest in 1:2.
In 1 John 3:8, Christ appeared to destroy the devil's works, another purpose echoing His manifestation.
In 1 John 3:5, Christ's appearing is linked to taking away sins, specifying the purpose of His manifestation mentioned here.
1 John 5:13 states that faith in the Son gives assurance of eternal life, directly building on the life manifested in 1:2.
In 1 John 2:25, the 'eternal life' manifested in Christ is explicitly promised to believers.
John 17:5 explicitly mentions the glory Jesus had with the Father before creation, directly paralleling the eternal life that was with the Father.
1 Timothy 3:16 declares Christ 'revealed in the flesh,' directly paralleling the eternal life manifested in the flesh.
John 21:14 records Jesus being 'manifested' to disciples after resurrection, a specific instance of the manifestation described here.
2 Timothy 1:10 says Christ's appearing brought life and immortality to light, echoing the manifestation of eternal life.
Acts 1:22 defines an apostle as a witness of the resurrection, reinforcing the eyewitness testimony central to this verse.
Acts 2:32 shows Peter declaring the apostles are witnesses of Jesus' resurrection, echoing the eyewitness testimony theme of the eternal life manifested.
Acts 3:15 calls Jesus the Author of life and states 'we are witnesses' to His resurrection, directly paralleling the eternal life and testimony in 1 John 1:2.
Acts 5:32 adds that the apostles are witnesses along with the Holy Spirit, reinforcing the eyewitness testimony to the life that was manifested.
Acts 10:41 specifies that chosen witnesses ate and drank with the risen Jesus, emphasizing the physical manifestation of the eternal life.
In Romans 8:3, God sending his Son in human flesh parallels the eternal life appearing to the apostles.
Romans 16:26 uses the same 'manifested' (phaneroō) for the gospel made known to nations, paralleling the life manifested here.
Galatians 4:4 describes the sending of the Son in time, echoing the manifestation of the eternal life that was with the Father.
John 17:3 defines eternal life as knowing God and Jesus Christ, unpacking the nature of the life that was with the Father and manifested.
John 16:28 describes Jesus coming from the Father and returning, mirroring the eternal life that was with the Father and then manifested.
John 15:27 emphasizes the disciples' testimony because they were with Jesus from the beginning, mirroring the apostolic witness here.
John 14:6 has Jesus declare 'I am the way, the truth, and the life,' directly identifying Him as the life manifested in 1 John 1:2.
In John 8:38, Jesus speaks of what he saw with the Father, reflecting the intimate relationship of the eternal life that was with the Father.
John 7:29 affirms Jesus' origin from the Father, consistent with the eternal life that was with the Father.
In John 3:13, Jesus claims descent from heaven, echoing the preexistent eternal life that was with the Father.
John 1:18 says the only God, at the Father's side, has made Him known, aligning with the manifestation and testimony of the eternal life.
John 1:4 states that in Christ was life, the same life that 1 John 1:2 says was made manifest.
John 1:2 repeats 'He was with God in the beginning,' virtually identical to the statement that the eternal life 'was with the Father.'
John 1:1 states the Word was with God and was God, directly echoing the preexistence and relationship with the Father in 1 John 1:2.
1 Peter 1:20 states Christ was foreordained before creation and manifested in these last times, echoing the 'life with the Father and manifested' here.
John 21:24 affirms the truthfulness of the eyewitness testimony, directly supporting the apostolic declaration in this verse.
Colossians 3:4 calls Christ 'our life' and promises his future appearing, mirroring the present manifestation of eternal life here.
John 20:27 records Jesus inviting Thomas to touch his wounds—physical evidence fulfilling the 'seen and testified' here.
John 17:2 shows Jesus as the one who gives eternal life to believers, matching the eternal life that was with the Father and manifested.
John 6:33 identifies Jesus as the bread from heaven giving life to the world, echoing the eternal life that was with the Father and manifested.
John 1:14 specifies that the Word became flesh—the incarnation corresponding to the 'life manifested' here.
Luke 24:48 underscores the apostolic role as witnesses of Christ's resurrection, matching the testimony of eyewitnesses here.
Matthew 19:16 presents eternal life as something to be earned by good works, contrasting with the revelation here that eternal life is a person manifested to us.
Titus 1:2 promises eternal life before time, while here that life is now manifested — promise and fulfillment.
Proverbs 8:23 depicts Wisdom's pre-existence, typologically foreshadowing the eternal life that was with the Father.
Proverbs 8:22-30 personifies Wisdom as being with God before creation, prefiguring the eternal life that 'was with the Father' in 1 John 1:2.
1 Peter 5:1 describes Peter as a witness of Christ's sufferings, sharing the apostolic testimony motif but focused on suffering rather than glorified life.