(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
Eternal life is such a dominant theme in this epistle that one writer even entitled his commentary on 1 John, The Epistle of Eternal Life. [Note: G. Goodman.] In John’s writings "eternal life" is synonymous with "salvation." [Note: Smalley, p. 10.] 