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1 John 1:4 KJV
1 John · chapter 1 · verse 4
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.1 John 1:4 · King James Version
1 John 1:4 in context
2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3That 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.
4And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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Key words (Strong's)
- fullplēroōto make full, to fill upG4137 →
- joycharajoy, gladness, the joy received from you, the cause or occasion of joy, of persons who…G5479 →
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The apostle omits his name and character (as also the author to the Hebrews does) either out of humility, or as being willing that the Christian reader should be swayed by the light and weight of the things written rather than by the name that might recommend them. And so he begins, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4