1 John 1:4

And we are writing all this to you that our joy may be complete.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3It is of what we have seen and heard that we now tell you, so that you may have communion with us. And our communion is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

5These, then, are the Tidings that we have heard from him and now tell you — ‘God is Light, and Darkness has no place at all in him.’

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Cross References

John 3:29It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom’s friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This joy I have felt to the full.

John 16:24So far you have not asked for anything, in my Name; ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Ephesians 3:19and to understand — though it surpasses all understanding — the love of the Christ; and so be filled to the full with God himself.

1 John 2:1My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning; but if any one should sin, we have one who can plead for us 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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