--- title: "1 John 1 - Study King James Bible with burkitts expository notes with practical observations on the nt" description: "Read 1 John 1 with burkitts expository notes with practical observations on the nt commentary. 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/burkitts-expository-notes-with-practical-observations-on-the-nt/1-john/1" --- [ Read](/kjv/1-john/1)[ Commentary](/study/1-john/1)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/1-john/1) Audio 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; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen *it*, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship *is* with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us *our* sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. [2 Peter 3](/study/2-peter/3) [1 John 2](/study/1-john/2) ## Commentary To verse 1 It is first observable, that whereas St. John began his gospel with a description of Christ's divinity, as God, he begins his epistle with a demonstration of the truth of his human nature, as man; for the certainty of which he appeals to the judgement of sense, because the senses, when rightly circumstantiated, are the proper judges of all sensible objects; Accordingly St. John here, to show the certainty of Christ's incarnation, and manifestation in the flesh, brings in three of the five senses, to wit, **hearing,seeing,feeling,** to bear witness to it, the latter still carrying a stronger testimony than the former; to see is more than to hear; to feel is more than to see: **That which we have heard, which we have seen, which we have handled.** Observe farther, That to make the testimony yet more strong, St. John adds two words more, by way of confirmation, 1. That **which we have** looked upon**; now this is more than to see; to see may be but a transient sudden act, but to** look upon **is a fixed and deliberate act, and usually a pleasing and delightful act; we looked upon him as the rarest object, as the desire and the delight of our eyes.** **2. It is added, as the surest ground of certainty, that their hands had handled the Word of life; as they daily conversed with Christ, so they handled and touched him, both before his resurrection and after it; so that from hence we may remark, that God has given us the highest and fullest assurances, that can be desired, of his Son's manifestation in our flesh, and appearing in our nature; he was heard and seen, looked upon, and handled, by those that conversed with him, which are evident demonstrations of the truth of the human nature assumed by him.** **Observe farther, That our apostle takes notice of Christ's divine nature, as well as asserts the reality of his human nature; he styles him** the Word; the Word of life, and the Word which was from the beginning; **in the beginning, when all things received their being, then the Word was, and did actually subsist, even from all eternity.** **Learn hence, That Jesus Christ, the eternal Word, not only antecedent to his incarnation, but even before all time, and the beginning of all things, had an actual being and subsistence.** I was set up from everlasting, then was I by him as one brought up with him; 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