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1 John 1:3
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What Was Heard, Seen, and Touched

1 That awhich was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have bseen with our eyes, cwhich we have looked upon, and dour hands have handled, concerning the eWord of life—  
2 athe life bwas manifested, and we have seen, cand bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was dwith the Father and was manifested to us—  
3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is awith the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.  
4 And these things we write to you athat your joy may be full.  

Fellowship with Him and One Another

5 aThis is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that bGod is light and in Him is no darkness at all.  
6 aIf we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.  
7 But if we awalk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and bthe blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.  
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 John 1:3

That which we have seen and heard—resumed from I John 1:1, wherein the sentence, being interrupted by I John 1:2, parenthesis, was left incomplete.

declare we unto you—Oldest manuscripts add also; unto you also who have not seen or heard Him.

that ye also may have fellowship with us—that ye also who have not seen, may have the fellowship with us which we who have seen enjoy; what that fellowship consists in he proceeds to state, "Our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son." Faith realizes what we have not seen as spiritually visible; not till by faith we too have seen, do we know all the excellency of the true Solomon. He Himself is ours; He in us and we in Him. We are "partakers of the divine nature." We know God only by having fellowship with Him; He may thus be known, but not comprehended. The repetition of "with" before the "Son," distinguishes the persons, while the fellowship or communion with both Father and Son, implies their unity. It is not added "and with the Holy Ghost"; for it is by the Holy Ghost or Spirit of the Father and Son in us, that we are enabled to have fellowship with the Father and Son (compare I John 3:24). Believers enjoy the fellowship OF, but not WITH, the Holy Ghost. "Through Christ God closes up the chasm that separated Him from the human race, and imparts Himself to them in the communion of the divine life" [NEANDER].




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