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and He showed us real life, eternal life. We have seen it all, and we can’t keep what we witnessed quiet—we have to share it with you. We are inviting you to experience eternal life through the One who was with the Father and came down to us. What we saw and heard we pass on to you so that you, too, will be connected with us intimately and become family. Our family is united by our connection with the Father and His Son Jesus, the Anointed One; and we write all this because retelling this story fulfills our[a] joy.

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  1. 1:4 Other manuscripts read “your.”

(A)the life (B)was manifested, and we have seen, (C)and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was (D)with the Father and was manifested to us— that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is (E)with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you (F)that [a]your joy may be full.

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  1. 1 John 1:4 NU, M our