1 John 1:4
And these thinges write we vnto you, that that your ioy may be full.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly reioyce in the Lord, and my soule shall be ioyfull in my God: for he hath clothed mee with the garments of saluation, and couered me with the robe of righteousnes: hee hath decked me like a bridegrome, and as a bride tireth herselfe with her iewels.
John 3:29He that hath the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome which standeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly, because of the bridegromes voyce. This my ioy therefore is fulfilled.
John 16:24Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.
Ephesians 3:19And to knowe the loue of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all fulnesse of God.
1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not: and if any man sinne, wee haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ, the Iust.
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 →