²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”^(A)

²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side,^(A) I will not believe.”^(B)

The Incarnation of the Word of Life

1 That which was from the beginning,^(A) which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,^(B) which we have looked at and our hands have touched^(C)—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. ² The life appeared;^(D) we have seen it and testify to it,^(E) and we proclaim to you the eternal life,^(F) which was with the Father and has appeared to us.

²⁰ After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.^(A) The disciples were overjoyed^(B) when they saw the Lord.

¹⁴ The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly,^(A) along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.^(B)

¹⁵ Here is a trustworthy saying^(C) that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners^(D)—of whom I am the worst. ¹⁶ But for that very reason I was shown mercy^(E) so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience^(F) as an example for those who would believe^(G) in him and receive eternal life.^(H)

⁴⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.

²⁰ The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.^(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,^(B)