1 John 1:4

And these things we write to you, that our joy may be complete.

Revised King James 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 we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

5This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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Cross References

John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

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

Ephesians 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fulness of God.

1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if any man does 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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