1 John 1:3 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 1:1-4

Introduction. I. SUBJECT OF APOSTOLIC PROCLAMATION . 1 . What is thrown into prominence. One must be thought of as having timelessness and all that belongs to timelessness. 2 . Parenthetical statement. 3 . Former statement, which was left incomplete, resumed. "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also." We are not told who the recipients of this Epistle were. They were not all Christians, for, having declared their message to others, they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 1:3

The main sentence is resumed from 1 John 1:1 , only the chief points being retouched. We declare to you also καί must be read before ὑμῖν , on overwhelming authority); i.e., "you as well as we must share in it," rather than "you as well as others to whom we have declared it." Of course, ἀπαγγέλλομεν , must be rendered alike in both verses "we declare." To what does it refer? Not to this Epistle, which does not contain the writer's experience of the Word of life... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:3

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you - We announce it, or make it known unto you - referring either to what he purposes to say in this Epistle, or more probably embracing all that he had written respecting him, and supposing that his Gospel was in their hands. He means to call their attention to all the testimony which he had borne on the subject, in order to counteract the errors which began to prevail.That ye may have fellowship with us - With us the apostles; with us who... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 1:3-4

1 John 1:3-4 . That which we have seen Him, I say, of whom we have such infallible knowledge, or that which we have seen and heard from him and of him; declare we to you For this end; that ye also may have fellowship with us May enjoy the same fellowship which we enjoy; or, in other words, that, being fully satisfied and firmly persuaded of the truth of our testimony, and laying hold on him by a lively faith, you may have fellowship with God and with Christ, such as we apostles, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:1-10

1:1-2:17 LIVING IN THE LIGHTFellowship with God (1:1-2:6)In the opening few words of his letter, John states clearly certain facts about Jesus Christ that are basic to Christianity. Jesus Christ is the eternal God and he became a real man whom John and his fellow apostles have seen, heard and touched (1:1-2). John’s joy will be complete if he knows that he and his readers share together in the eternal life that comes to them through Jesus Christ. This life unites them to one another as well as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 1:3

declare . Same as "shew", 1 John 1:2 . that = in order that. Greek. hina . fellowship . See 1 Corinthians 1:9 . Son . App-108 . Jesus Christ . App-98 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:3

that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that we also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:That ... we declare unto ... The word "declare" is here repeated from 1 John 1:2, indicating the close unity of the whole passage. "The proclamation (declaration in our version) need not refer to the Gospel of John specifically. It is the substance of all gospel or apostolic preaching."[15] Furthermore, the present tense... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:3

1 John 1:3. That ye also may have fellowship, &c.— According to the scriptures, every man who, to the best of his power, follows the true doctrines of the apostles, and through grace acts according to their precepts, is entitled to communion with every Christian church wherever he comes: but if any part of the visible church should refuse to have communion with him, he nevertheless belongs to the true and invisible church of Christ, which consists of all his sincere and faithful disciples... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:3

3. That which we have seen and heard—resumed from 1 John 1:1, wherein the sentence, being interrupted by 1 John 1:1- :, 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... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:1-4

I. INTRODUCTION: THE PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE 1:1-4"This writing begins without any of the formal features characteristic of a letter, such as we found in 2 John and 3 John. Since the conclusion also lacks any typical features of a letter, we must conclude that the writing is not so much a letter as a written sermon or address." [Note: I. Howard Marshall, The Epistles of John, p. 99.] John began this epistle by explaining to his audience why he wrote. He said he wrote so his readers would enjoy... read more