1 John 1:4
And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice, and your joy may be full.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et hæc scribimus vobis ut gaudeatis, et gaudium vestrum sit plenum.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- καὶ ταῦτα γράφομεν ἡμεῖς ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John, 1 John I. 1, II. 11
3. “And we are witnesses, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us:” i.e. , manifested among us: which might be more plainly expressed, manifested to us. “The things,” therefore, “which we have seen and heard, declare we unto you.” Those saw the Lord Himself present in the flesh, and heard words from the mouth of the Lord, and told them to us. Consequently we also have heard, but have not seen. Are we then less happy than those who saw and heard? And how does he add, “That ye also may have fellowship with us”? Those saw, we have not seen, and yet we are fellows; because we hold the faith in common. …