1 John 1:3
That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship may be with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice, and your joy may be full.
Cross References
Numbers 10:32And if thou comest with us, we will give thee what is the best of the riches which the Lord shall deliver to us.
Psalms 2:7The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
Isaiah 66:19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send of them that shall be saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia them that draw the bow: into Italy, and Greece, to the islands afar off, to them that have not heard of me, and have not seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory to the Gentiles:
John 17:3Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 17:21That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Acts 2:42And they were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles, and in the communication of the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:2-5
First John Though the continued tradition of the church attests that this epistle came from John the apostle, yet we may observe some other evidence that will confirm (or with some perhaps even outweigh) the certainty of that tradition. It should seem that the penman was one of the apostolical college by the sensible palpable assurance he had of the truth of the Mediator's person in his human nature: That which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,… Read the whole commentary →