Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 John 1:3
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.
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.
Verse 1 John 1:3. _THAT 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 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...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE LIFE MANIFESTED CHAPTER 1:1-4 The opening verses of this Epistle are very precious and are the key to the whole Epistle. Three Scriptures speak of what was in the beg...
THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE. The writer is concerned with the HYPERLINK "file:///Vord" of life. Life, which from the beginning had been contained in the Word, found at length in Jesus a manifestation to whic...
What we are telling you about is that which was from the beginning, that which we heard, that which we saw with our eyes, that which we gazed upon, and which our hands touched. It is about the word of...
THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
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....
1 John 1:1-4. The Introduction That the first four verses are introductory is generally admitted. They are analogous to the first eighteen verses of the Gospel and to the first three verses of the Re...
_That which we have seen and heard_ In returning to the main sentence he repeats a portion of it. The ideas of the first half and of the second half of the main sentence are not the same. In 1 John 1:...
1 John 1:1-4. THE INTRODUCTION The first four verses are introductory. They are analogous to the first eighteen verses of the Gospel, and to the first three of the Revelation. Like the Prologue to the...
3. Before ὙΜΙ͂Ν insert ΚΑΊ ([420][421][422][423]). [420] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the monastery of S. Catherine on Mount Sinai, and now at Petersburg. All three Epistles. [421...
ΈΩΡΆΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΆΚΗΚΌΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΆΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΑΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G518) сообщать (_см._ 1 John 1:2). Это основной...
DISCOURSE: 2430 THE BENEFITS ARISING FROM FAITH IN CHRIST 1 John 1:1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands...
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 prece...
HEREBY WE KNOW PART I Prologue of I John 1 John 1:1-7 Life is Fellowship with God Who is Light Chapter I _GOD IN A TEST TUBE_ The Prologue 1 John 1:1-4 A. _The Text_ That which was from the beg...
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. THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN...
1 The ministry of John is based upon his personal acquaintance with the Lord in the flesh. Indeed, this was the prime qualification of all the twelve apostles (Act_1:21). They were to bear witness to...
1:3 report (b-9) 'Bring back the report of,' from something we have learnt. fellowship (d-17) fellowship (d-22) _ Koinonia_ . see Hebrews 2:14 ....
DECLARE WE UNTO YOU] RV adds 'also,' FELLOWSHIP WITH US] i.e. union with us in Christian fellowship. AND TRULY] RV 'yea, and.' Fellowship with Christian teachers involves fellowship with God in Christ...
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIGHT 1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1. In 1 John 1:1 a sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2, is continued in...
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER 1. THE WRITER The letter does not tell us who wrote it. The tradition is that John is the author. John was an *apostle. He was one of...
[1. The Exordium (1 John 1:1). (1) OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THE APOSTOLIC PREACHING: The setting forth of the historical Christ for the spread of human fellowship with the Father and the Son (1 John 1...
The Preface. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we beheld and our hands felt, concerning the Word of Life and the Life was manifested, and...
ὃ ἐωρ. καὶ ἀκ., not merely a resumption but a reiteration of the protasis. καὶ ὑμεῖς, “ye also” who have not seen Jesus. κοινωνίαν, not merely knowledge through hearsay of what the Apostles had known...
FELLOWSHIP IN THE LIGHT 1 John 1:1 As the aged Apostle began to write he was living over again his first happy experiences with the Savior. He heard the voice, saw the person, touched the very body i...
This is possibly the last apostolic message to the whole Church. It is complementary to the Gospel of John. Its subject is fellowship with God, into which believers are introduced through their union...
DEVELOPING A FELLOWSHIP WITH JOHN, THE FATHER AND HIS SON After the parenthetical thoughts of verse 2, John resumed the thoughts of verse 1 by emphasizing again his position as an eyewitness. It appea...
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, (2) that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. (2) The use of this...
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (2) (For the life was manifested,...
_MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH_ ‘The life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us; that whic...
_THE INDWELLING GOD_ ‘Our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.’ 1 John 1:3 What do you mean by God? On a man’s answer to that question depends ultimately all his thinking a...
3_That which we have seen. _He now repeats the third time the words, _seen _and _heard_, that nothing might be wanting as to the real certainty of his doctrine. And it ought to be carefully noticed, t...
The Epistle of John has a peculiar character. It is eternal life manifested in Jesus, and imparted to us the life which was with the Father, and which is in the Son. It is in this life that believers...
THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD,.... This is repeated, both to confirm and illustrate what had been before said, and to carry on the discourse to what follows: DECLARE WE UNTO YOU; in the ministry...
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. Ver. 3. _Declare we unto...
_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 fell...
HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH US; in our union and communion, through faith, with the Father and the Son....
Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Person...
1-4 That essential Good, that uncreated Excellence, which had been from the beginning, from eternity, as equal with the Father, and which at length appeared in human nature for the salvation of sinne...
He now proceeds with what he intended, not only professing to testify most certainly known things, (which he further with great earnestness inculcates), but declaring also the end of this testimony; v...
Tertullian Against Praxeas ,) Son Jesus Christ, that "our fellowship may be with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ."[399]...
1 John 1:3 which G3739 seen G3708 (G5758) and G2532 heard G191 (G5754) declare G518 (G5719) you...
THE WORD OF LIFE DECLARED (1 JOHN 1:1). ‘That which was (imperfect) from the beginning, that which we have heard (perfect), that which we have seen (perfect) with our eyes, that which we beheld (aoris...
The apostle introduces this catholic Epistle by a compendious description of the object, nature, and design of the apostolical announcement concerning the Incarnate Word of life. Its object is the Ete...
THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN (ο εωρακαμεν). Third use of this form (verses 1 John 1:1; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 1:3), this time resumption after the parenthesis in verse 1 John...
1 John 1:3 The Doctrine and Fellowship of the Apostles. I. As to the knowledge: "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you" that which we have seen and heard of the "Word of life" "the Li...
1 John 1:1 The Ground of Christian Ethics. I. St. John begins with speaking of that which he saw, and heard, and handled. Those who read his letter could have no doubt that he was referring to the ti...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from, the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the Word of life;_ The fact that Chris...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;_ You know who that is...
May that Divine Spirit, who inspired every word of this wonderful letter, bless it to all our hearts as we read it! 1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;_ The fact that Chris...
CONTENTS: Fellowship with God made possible through the incarnation. Conditions of perpetual fellowship walking in the light and confessing sins. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John. CONCLUSION: Fellowship...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning._ We have before observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. _L'ETRE Suprê...
WHAT WE. Compare Matthew 13:16. John repeats himself to _guarantee_ to us the reality of the Eternal Logos becoming a human being!!! FELLOWSHIP. Some belonged to secret fellowships and claimed special...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:3 PROCLAIM. The purpose of this proclamation is not just forgiveness of people’s sins. It is THAT YOU (other believers) TOO MAY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH US. Believers also ha
1 JOHN 1:1 God Is Light and Christ Is the Way. John begins by emphasizing Christ’s deity, incarnation, saving death, and continuing ministry. He also stresses God’s nature as “light” (1 John 1:5) and...
THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF S. JOHN.. CHAPTER 1 VER. 1. _That which was from the beginning_, &c. The beginning of this Epistle corresponds with the beginning of St. John's Gospel. Both here and the...
CHAPTER 5 Ver. 1. _Every one that believeth_, with a living faith, which extends itself to charity, and worketh by love, _that Jesus is the Christ_, i.e., the Messiah, the Saviour and Redeemer of the...
_That ye also may have fellowship with us._ That is, in the same faith and Church of Christ, where all partake in the same sacraments. It means also that ye should make increase and advance in the fai...
THE FELLOWSHIPS OF THE HOLY LIFE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 1:1 are introductory, and may be compared with the prologue of the gospel by St. John. The subject of the epistle is “the Word...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 1:1 1. THE INTRODUCTION. It declares the writer's authority, based on personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to which this Epistle forms a companion; and...
Shall we turn to 1 John. Why did John write this epistle? In chapter one, verse four, he tells us, "These things write we unto that your joy may full." So that you might have the fullness of joy. Do y...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 John 1:1;...
The regular course of the sentence, broken by ver. 2, is now resumed, by the repetition of that which we have seen and heard. Only the order is reversed : seen and heard instead of heard and seen (ver...
THE CHRIST CHAPTER 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter of the First E...
That which we have seen and heard — Of him and from him. Declare we to you — For this end. That ye also may have fellowship with us — May enjoy the same fellowship which we enjoy. And truly our fellow...
As if he had said, "We declare unto you that of Christ which we ourselves have seen and heard, and what we had by sight and hearing you are to receive from our testimony; and our design and end herein...