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1 John 1:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.


1 John 1:4Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 1:410 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ταῦταtauta
these thingsdemonstrativeG3778
γράφομενgraphomen
writeverbG1125
ἡμεῖςhēmeis
IpronounG1473
ἵναhina
so thatwordG2443
thearticleG3588
χαρὰchara
joynounG5479
ἡμῶνhēmōn
IpronounG1473
ē
may beverbG1510
πεπληρωμένηpeplērōmenē
completedverbG4137
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 John 1:4

“And we have seen and are witnesses.” 1 John 1:2 Perhaps some of the brethren who are not acquainted with the Greek do not know what the word “witnesses” is in Greek: and yet it is a term much used by all, and had in religious reverence; for what in our tongue we call “witnesses,” in Greek are “martyrs.” Now where is the man that has not heard of martyrs, or where the Christian in whose mouth the name of martyrs dwells not every day and would that it so dwelt in the heart…

Augustine · 4th century · Homily 1 on the First Epistle of John
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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