1 John 1:4

And this write we vnto you that oure ioye maye be full.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3That which we have sene and herde declare we vnto you that ye maye have felloushippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and his sonne Iesus Christ.

5And this is the tydynges which we have hearde of him and declare vnto you that god is lyght and in him is no darknes at all

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Cross References

John 3:29He that hath the bryde is the brydegrome. But the frende of the brydegrome which stondeth by and heareth him reioyseth greately of the brydgromes voyce. Tis my ioye is fulfilled.

John 16:24Hitherto have ye axed nothinge in my name. Axe and ye shall receave it: that youre ioye maye be full.

Ephesians 3:19and to knowe what is the love of Christ which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fulnes which commeth of God.

1 John 2:1My lytell children these thynges write I vnto you that ye synne not: yf eny man synne yet we have an advocate with the father Iesus Christ which is 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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