1 John 1:3

It is of what we have seen and heard that we now tell you, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

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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

2That life was made visible, and we have seen it. We bear our testimony to it, and tell you of that eternal life which was with the Father and was made visible to us.

4We are writing all this to you that our joy may be complete.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:7I will tell of the Lord’s decree. He said to me: “You are my son, this day I became your father.

John 17:3And the eternal life is this – to know you the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent as your messenger.

John 17:21that they all may be one – that as you, Father, are in union with us – and so the world may believe that you have sent me as your messenger.

Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the Common life of the church, to the breaking of the bread and to 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 →

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