1 John 1:3

and was manifested unto us) what we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that ye also may have communion with us: and our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

In Context

2(for this Life was manifested, and we saw it; and we testify and declare unto you that eternal Life, which was with the Father,

4And these things we write unto you, that your joy may be complete.

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Cross References

John 17:3and this is life eternal, to know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

John 17:21That they all may be one, as Thou, O Father, art in me, and I in Thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

Acts 2:42And they continued stedfast in the apostles doctrine, and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

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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