1 John 1:4 - Forerunner Commentary

1 John 1:4

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.

Verse Comparison: 1 John 1:4

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American Standard Version
and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

Amplified® Bible
And we are now writing these things to you so that our joy [in seeing you included] may be full [and {your} joy may be complete].

Contemporary English Version
We are writing to tell you these things, because this makes us truly happy.

Darby English Version
And these things write we to you that your joy may be full.

Good News Bible
We write this in order that our joy may be complete.

International Standard Version
We are writing these things so that our joy may be full.

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

New American Standard Bible
These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.

New International Version
We write this to make our joy complete.

New King James Version
And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
These things we write, so that our joy may come to completion.

Young's Literal Translation
and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

New English Translation
Thus¹ we are writing these things so that² our³ joy may be complete.⁴

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