1 John 1:3
that which we have seen and heard we announce to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4And these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.
Cross References
Psalms 2:7I will declare the decree of Jehovah: He hath said to me, “Thou art my son; This day I have begotten thee.
Isaiah 66:19And I will give a sign among them, And of those that escape I will send to the nations, To Tarshish, Phul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, To the distant coasts, who never heard my name, And who never saw my glory; And they shall declare my glory among the nations.
John 17:3And this is the everlasting life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.
John 17:21that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art 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 imparting [[of their substance]], the breaking of bread, and the 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 →