1 John 1:3

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Summary

That 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.

Declare

Our fellowship

With his

1 John 5:10

Colossians 1:13

1 Thessalonians 1:10

General references

Bible References

Declare

These, then, are the Tidings that we have heard from him and now tell you-- 'God is Light, and Darkness has no place at all in him.'

O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

We also have good news to tell you, about the promise made to our ancestors--

For I have not shrunk from announcing the whole purpose of God regarding you.

Next, Brothers, I would remind you of the Good News which I told you, and which you received-the Good News on which you have taken your stand,

He says-- 'I will tell of thy Name to my Brothers, In the midst of the congregation I will sing thy praise.'

Our fellowship

But, if our lives are lived in the Light, as God himself is in the Light, we have communion with one another, and the Blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

No one who rejects the Son has found the Father; he who acknowledges the Son has found the Father also.

At that time you will recognize that I am in union with the Father, and you with me, and I with you.

And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger.

God will not fail you, and it is he who called you into communion with his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion with the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

If, then, any encouragement comes through union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if there is any communion with the Spirit, if there is any tenderness or pity,

Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,

For we now all share in the Christ, if indeed we retain, unshaken to the end, the confidence that we had at the first.

With his

He who believes in the Son of God has that testimony within him. He who does not believe God has made God a liar, by refusing to believe in that testimony which he has borne about his Son.

For God has rescued us from the tyranny of Darkness, and has removed us into the Kingdom of his Son, who is the embodiment of his love,

And are now awaiting the return from Heaven of his Son whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, our deliverer from the Coming Wrath.

General references

Nothing is hidden unless it is some day to come to light, nor was anything ever kept hidden but that it should some day come into the light of day.

You yourselves are to be witnesses to all this.

There were many other signs of his mission that Jesus gave in presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book;

Because of the share that you have had in spreading the Good News, from the first day that you received it until now.