1 John 1:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 1:3

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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ASV

that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

KJV

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.

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Commentary

6 voices

Tertullian

Against Praxeas (220)

Wherefore he also exhorts us to believe in the name of His (the Father's, ) Son Jesus Christ, that "our fellowship may be with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." Paul, in like manner, everywhere speaks of "God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

That ye also may have fellowship with us - May enjoy the same fellowship which we enjoy. And truly our fellowship - Whereby he is in us and we in him. Is with the Father and with the son - Of the Holy Ghost he speaks afterwards.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The life assumed a mouth and tongue, that he might utter words of life. The apostles not only heard of him, but they heard him himself. Above three years might they attend his ministry, be auditors of his public sermons and private expositions (for he expounded them in his house), and be charmed with the words of him who spoke as never man spoke before or since.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This may be distinguished from the foregoing perception, seeing with the eyes; and may be the same with what the apostle says in his gospel ( ch. i. 14 ), And we beheld -- etheasametha, his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father. The word is not applied to the immediate object of the eye, but to that which was rationally collected from what they saw.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The apostles could not be deceived in such long and various exercise of their sense. Sense must minister to reason and judgment; and reason and judgment must minister to the reception of the Lord Jesus Christ and his gospel. The rejection of the Christian revelation is at last resolved into the rejection of sense itself.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 1Jo 3:24).

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Original language & word study

30 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃ	ho	that which	G3739 →
ἑωράκαμεν	he'ōrakamen	we have seen	G3708 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀκηκόαμεν,	akēkoamen	have heard,	G191 →
ἀπαγγέλλομεν	apangellomen	we proclaim	G518 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
κοινωνίαν	koinōnian	fellowship	G2842 →
ἔχητε	echēte	may have	G2192 →
μεθ᾽	meth᾽	with	G3326 →
ἡμῶν·	hēmōn	us;	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	Indeed	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
κοινωνία	koinōnia	fellowship	G2842 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ἡμετέρα	hēmetera	our own	G1473 →
μετὰ	meta	[is] with	G3326 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
πατρὸς	patros	Father	G3962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
υἱοῦ	huiou	Son	G5207 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστοῦ.	Christou	Christ.	G5547 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
leads to
- 1 John 5:20
  And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
- 1 John 5:11–12
  And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Jeremiah 9:23–24
  This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- John 3:17
  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
- John 17:25
  Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
Through
Philippians 2:1
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
leads to
- Colossians 3:12
  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
Through
1 Corinthians 1:9
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- Hebrews 10:23
  Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

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