1 John 1:4

And these things we write to you that our joy may be complete. 1 Walking in the Light

English Majority Text (NT)

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 heard we proclaim to you, in order that you 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 we announce to you, that God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

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Cross References

John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.

John 16:24Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. 1 Peace for the Disciples

Ephesians 3:19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, 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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