Article July 10, 1971 Issue

Words of Current Interest

Related to the Lesson-Sermon for July 18, 1971,
in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY
Subject: Life

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 (I John 1:1)

The author, apparently writing from Ephesus about 90 A.D., seeks, through the record of his personal witness, to emphasize that eternal life had actually been made known by the historical Jesus. Goodspeed translates: "It is what existed from the beginning, that we announce; what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, and touched with our hands; it is the very message of life."

We... shew unto you (I John 1:2)

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