1 John 1:4

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3and 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.

5Now this we have heard from Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

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Cross References

John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with great joy at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore my joy is complete.

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

Ephesians 3:19and height, and to know the love of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge; that ye may be filled according to the abundant fulness of God.

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