² and ^(A)the life was manifested, and we have ^(B)seen and ^(C)testify and proclaim to you ^(D)the eternal life, which was ^(E)with the Father and was ^(F)manifested to us—

The Promise Is Eternal Life

^25 (A)This is the promise which He Himself ^[a]made to us: eternal life.

⁹ By this the love of God was manifested ^[a](A)in us, that ^(B)God has sent His ^[b]only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

¹¹ And the testimony is this, that God has given us ^(A)eternal life, and ^(B)this life is in His Son.

²⁰ And ^(A)we know that ^(B)the Son of God has come, and has ^(C)given us understanding so that we may know ^(D)Him who is true; and we ^(E)are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. ^(F)This is the true God and ^(G)eternal life.