(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);
and shew unto you that eternal life: "Shew" is from apaggello in the Greek and means "to bring tidings" or to proclaim. John is proclaiming that "the life," of which Jesus is the very epitome, is everlasting life. Why is John stressing all of these matters about Jesus? Because it deals with "life." When we have Jesus, we have all that He is; and He is eternal life. There is a quality of life possessed by every Christian called "eternal life" (John 10:28; 1 John 5:11). This is the abundant life Jesus came to give. In heaven, we will have that life both in quality and quantity.