1 John 1:4

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3that 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.

5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you, That God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

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Cross References

John 3:29He that has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is made full.

John 16:24Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

Ephesians 3:19and to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all the fullness of God.

1 John 2:1MY little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And if any one have sinned, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

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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