31 But these have been written down+ that YOU may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, and that, because of believing,+ YOU may have life by means of his name.

24 This is the disciple+ that bears witness about these things and that wrote these things, and we know that the witness he gives is true.+

1 That which was from [the] beginning,*+ which we have heard,+ which we have seen with our eyes,+ which we have viewed+ attentively and our hands felt,+ concerning the word of life,+