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1Jo 1:1 — That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

That which		1Jo 2:13; Pro 8:22-31; Isa 41:4; Mic 5:2; Jhn 1:1,2; etc.; Jhn 8:58; Rev 1:8,11,17,18; Rev 2:8
which we have heard		1Jo 4:14; Luk 1:2; Jhn 1:14; Act 1:3; Act 4:20; 2Pe 1:16-18
and our		Luk 24:39; Jhn 20:27
the Word		1Jo 5:7; Jhn 1:14; Jhn 5:26; Rev 19:13

Correlating Passages

That which

	1Jo 2:13	I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
	Pro 8:22	The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
	Pro 8:23	I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
	Pro 8:24	When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.
	Pro 8:25	Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
	Pro 8:26	While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
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	Isa 41:4	Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.
	Mic 5:2	But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
	Jhn 1:1	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
	Jhn 1:2	The same was in the beginning with God.
	Jhn 8:58	Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
	Rev 1:8	I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
	Rev 1:11	Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
	Rev 1:17	And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
	Rev 1:18	I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
	Rev 2:8	And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

which we have heard

	1Jo 4:14	And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
	Luk 1:2	Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
	Jhn 1:14	And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
	Act 1:3	To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
	Act 4:20	For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
	2Pe 1:16	For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
	2Pe 1:17	For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
	2Pe 1:18	And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

and our

	Luk 24:39	Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
	Jhn 20:27	Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

the Word

	1Jo 5:7	For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
	Jhn 1:14	And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
	Jhn 5:26	For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
	Rev 19:13	And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 John 1:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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