1 John 1:4

And we write the same things to you, in order that our joy may be full.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3that which we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, in order that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

5And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness.

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Cross References

John 3:29The one having the bride is the Bridegroom: but the friend of the Bridegroom is the one standing and hearing him, rejoiceth with joy on account of the Bridegroom: This, my joy has been made complete.

John 16:24Until now you have asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, in order that your joy may be full.

Ephesians 3:19and to know the divine love of Christ which transcends knowledge, in order that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.

1 John 2:1My little children, I write these things to you, in order that you may not sin. And if any one may sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the 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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