This divine life is a Person, the Son of God as the very embodiment of the Triune God to be our life.

[jidong xiao]

约翰说那原与父同在的生命已经显现与使徒们。永远生命的显现包含将生命启示并分赐给人，为要把人带进永远的生命里，带进与父生命的联结并交通里。

从前所隐藏的，已经显现与使徒们了。如今其中一位使徒约翰，将神圣的奥秘向我们开启。我们若藉着祷读来吃主的话，就会得着永远生命之显现的益处。

使徒们看见过永远的生命，就是那已经显现出来的生命，然后作见证，且将这生命传与信徒。他们所传的，不是他们所听见过、受过教导的一种神学或道理，乃是藉着他们实际的经历所看见过并作过见证的。这神圣的生命乃是一个人位，就是神的儿子这三一神的具体化身，作我们的生命。

John says that the life which was with the Father was manifested to the apostles. The manifestation of eternal life includes revelation and impartation of life to men, with a view to bringing man into the eternal life, into its union and communion with the Father. 

What was once hidden has been manifested to the apostles. John, one of the apostles, now opens to us the divine mysteries. If we eat the Word through pray-reading, we shall receive the benefit of the manifestation of eternal life. 

The apostles saw eternal life, the life that was manifested, and then testified and reported this life to the believers. What they reported was not some theology or doctrine which they had heard and concerning which they had been taught, but the divine life, which they had seen and testified by their practical experiences. This divine life is a Person, the Son of God as the very embodiment of the Triune God to be our life.