1 John 1:3

1 John 1:3 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

Context of 1 John 1:3

1What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life-- 2and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us-- what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. 5This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:3 word by word

ὃ ἑωράκαμεν καὶ ἀκηκόαμεν, ἀπαγγέλλομεν καὶ ὑμῖν ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς κοινωνίαν ἔχητε μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν· καὶ ἡ κοινωνία δὲ ἡ ἡμετέρα μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.Read the interlinear

• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• seenὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• we proclaimἀπαγγέλλωapaggellō · to announceG518
• to you alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• may haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• fellowshipκοινωνίαkoinōnia · participationG2842
• is with the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• and with His Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for 1 John 1:3

• 1 John 1:1What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life--
• Acts 4:20for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
• 1 John 1:5This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
• Psalms 2:7“I will announce the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have fathered You.
• Psalms 22:22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
• Isaiah 66:19And I will put a sign among them and send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations.
• John 17:25“Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me;
• Acts 13:32And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
• Acts 20:27For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
• 1 Corinthians 15:1Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand,
• Hebrews 2:12saying, “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers, In the midst of the assembly I will sing Your praise.”
• Acts 2:42They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
• Romans 15:27For they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to do them a service also in material things.
• Ephesians 3:6to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
• Philippians 1:7For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.
• Philippians 2:1Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Commentaries on 1 John 1:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3That which we have seen and heard - We deliver nothing by hearsay, nothing by tradition, nothing from conjecture; we have had the fullest certainty of all that we write and preach. That ye also may have fellowship with us - That ye may be preserved from all false doctrine, and have a real participation with us apostles of the grace, peace, love, and life of God, which communion we have with God the Father, who hath loved us, and given his Son Jesus Christ…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3That 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3What we have seen: The Word of life had, as a human being, revealed God to the apostles. this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son: After the Spirit gave the apostles new life (regenerated them), they entered spiritual fellowship with the Father and the Son. you also may have fellowship with us: Whoever entered into fellowship with the apostles by associating with them while they were alive, or enters now by remaining in their teaching…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. That which we have seen and heard--resumed from 1Jo 1:1, wherein the sentence, being interrupted by 1Jo 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…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 1:3

• Apostles
• Communion
• Fellowship
• God
• Testimony
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Jesus Christ
• Deceive
• Fellowship
• Light
• Unction
• Walk

Commentaries on 1 John 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings