1 John 1:4

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 seen and heard, declare we to you, that ye also may have communion with us: and indeed our communion is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

5And this is the promise which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that darkness in him there is none.

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Cross References

John 3:29It is the bridegroom, who possesses the bride: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing by and hearing him, rejoiceth exceedingly at the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

John 16:24Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete.

Ephesians 3:19and to know the love of Christ, transcendently surpassing knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fulness of God.

1 John 2:1MY dear children, these things I write to you, that ye should not sin. And if any of us 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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