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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This is repeated for emphasis. Alternate translation: "which we ourselves have s
 
 # the Word of life
 
-"Jesus, the one who causes people to live forever"
+This refers to Jesus Christ. Alternate translation: "the one who gives life" or "the one who causes people to live forever"
 
 # life