1 John 1:4
And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice, and your joy may be full.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels.
John 3:29He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.
John 16:24Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full.
Ephesians 3:19To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just:
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 →