1 John 1:4
What is written? (ESV)
And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
What does it say?
We [apostles] are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
What is its immediate context?
The Apostle John’s opening in a letter written to Christians encouraging them to love each other (as God loves) and resist false teaching. This verse begins with the conjunction “And.” It’s connected to the preceding verse where John says that he wants to make sure that they remember everything they had already been told and taught “so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ” (vs 3).
How 1 John 1:4 is applied across Bible answers
What does Jesus mean by ‘a little while’ (John 16:16-22)?
John writes a letter of encouragement to Christians so that “our joy may be complete“.
What is a Christian’s joy?
John wants "our joy" (his and theirs) to "be complete."
This is directly connected to the previous verse where John tells them to remember the apostles' teaching so that they would have "fellowship with us" and "with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ" (vs 3).
