1 John 1:3

That which we have seen and heard we declare also to you, so you also will have fellowship with us. 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

2Also, the life was made known, and we have seen it, and we bear witness to it. We are announcing to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and which has been made known to us.

4Also, we are writing these things to you so that our joy will be complete. + 1:4 Some older versions read, And we are writing these things to you so that your joy will be complete .

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Cross References

Numbers 10:32If you go with us, we will do for you the same good that Yahweh does to us.”

Psalms 2:7I will announce a decree of Yahweh. 1 He said to me, “You are my son! 1 This day I have become your father. 1

Isaiah 66:19I will set a mighty sign among them. Then I will send survivors from them to the nations: To Tarshish, Put, and Lud, archers who draw their bows, to Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands where they have not heard about me nor seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.

John 17:3This is eternal life: That they know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

John 17:21so that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world will believe that you have sent me.

Acts 2:42They continued in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in 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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