(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);
"Manifest" is a word used several times in the scriptures to refer to Jesus’ coming in a fleshly body (1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 1:20; 1 John 3:5; 1 John 3:8). At this point, it is good to ask the question, "What is life?" Many are asking, "What is it all about, this thing called life?" The answer comes ringing through the centuries, "Jesus is life, real life, absolute life, life in the fullest sense of the term." When people have Jesus, they have life; without Jesus, they have no life. "For me to live is Christ" (Philippians 1:21).