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Nov 30, 2023 · In 1 John 1:1, John begins his letter by proclaiming the Word of life: “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.”.
- What does it mean that the Word of God is living and active ...
The original Greek word translated here as “living” means...
- What does it mean that the Word of God is living and active ...
Jan 10, 2010 · Holding Fast the Word of Life. “Holding fast” translates a word that means hold your position or hold your gaze. In 1 Timothy 4:16, it’s translated, “ Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching.”. In Acts 3:5, it’s translated, “ He fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.”.
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Could there be a more profound opening to a book than the one to John’s Gospel? One could search the great ideas of mankind and probe the ponderings of the philosophers and the poetry of the artists and find no idea higher than God, nor a more concise—yet expressive—statement about him, than the one John makes at the beginning of his Gospel. John p...
John has invoked the creation account in Genesis 1 with the opening phrase of John 1:1, so when he continues in verse 3 with the statement, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made,” it would seem that he has in mind the way God spoke creation into existence in Genesis 1. John seems to indicate that Go...
Not until 1:14 is it specified that the Word is Jesus, as John writes, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” In verse 1 John had articulated the divinity and eternality of the Word, as well as his distinguishability from the Father, and now he communicates the profundity of the incarnation. The Word became flesh. God became man. Jesus did not...
- V.1 Introduction to the “Subject,” the Word of Life. The Reality of the Incarnation. What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— 1 John 1:1.
- V.2 Facts About the Word of Life. …and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us— 1 John 1:2.
- V.3 Fellowship, the Purpose of the Proclamation of the Word of Life. …what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
- V.4 The Fulfillment of Joy in Fellowship. These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. 1 John 1:4. The author now states his purpose (so that) for writing these things … he does so in order that his joy might be fulfilled as the believers to whom he writes continue in fellowship with him and the other apostolic witnesses and with the Father and the Son (as opposed to breaking that fellowship by siding with the secessionist opponents).
Feb 20, 2023 · The original Greek word translated here as “living” means “to have life” or “alive.” The Word of God is alive because God is a living God (Hebrews 3:12). Jesus said, “The very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life” (John 6:63, NLT).
"The Word of life" means "the Word who is the Life," like "the city of Rome,... the Book of Genesis;" the genitive case is "the characterizing or identifying genitive." The περί is strongly against the interpretation, "the word of life," i.e., the life-giving gospel.
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Mar 14, 2012 · What does John mean by the Word of life. The Word. The message. The story. John proclaims that Jesus represents the living Word of Father God himself, a divine interconnection, a manifestation or expression or appearance of God himself. Jesus represents the living Word of God, or logos in the Greek.
