That which was from That which was from the beginning, which the beginning, that we have heard, which which we have heard, we have seen with our that which we have eyes, which we have seen with our eyes, looked upon, and our that which we beheld, hands have handled, and our hands handled, of the Word of Life; concerning the Word (for the life was of life (and the life was manifested, and we manifested, and we have seen _it_, and bear have seen, and bear witness, and show unto witness, and declare you that eternal life, unto you the life, the which was with the eternal _life_, which was Father, and was manifested with the Father, and unto us;) that was manifested unto which we have seen us); that which we and heard declare we have seen and heard unto you, that ye declare we unto you also may have fellowship also, that ye also may with us: and truly have fellowship with our fellowship _is_ with us: yea, and our fellowship the Father, and with is with the his Son Jesus Christ. Father, and with his And these things write Son Jesus Christ: and we unto you, that your these things we write, joy may be full. that our joy may be fulfilled. ANOTHER RENDERING. That which was ever from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we gazed upon, and our hands handled--_I speak_ concerning the Word who is the Life--and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal _life_, as being that which was ever with the Father, and was manifested unto us: that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and that fellowship, which is our _fellowship_, is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be fulfilled. DISCOURSE I. _ANALYSIS AND THEORY OF ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL._ "Of the Word of Life."--1 JOHN i. 1. In the opening verses of this Epistle we have a sentence whose ample and prolonged prelude has but one parallel in St. John's writings.[132] It is, as an old divine says, "prefaced and brought in with more magnificent ceremony than any passage in Scripture."