1 John 1:3

that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

In Context

2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;)

4And these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

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Cross References

John 17:3And this is the eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou didst send.

John 17:21that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

Acts 2:42And they were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the distribution, and the breaking of bread, and 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 →

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