1 John 1:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

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  • John 15:11 : 11 I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
  • John 16:24 : 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,
  • John 3:29 : 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
  • 2 John 1:12 : 12 Conclusion Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
  • Hab 3:17-18 : 17 When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, 18 I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
  • Eph 3:19 : 19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you will be filled up to all the fullness of God.
  • Phil 1:25-26 : 25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.

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    1 ¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life–

    2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

    3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

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    11 I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

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    5 God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6 If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

    7 But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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    12 Conclusion Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

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    3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.

    4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

  • 2 Cor 2:3
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    3 And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours.

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    12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

    13 For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely

    14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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    16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

    17 By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.

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    2 because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

    3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

    4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

    5 Warning Against False Teachers But now I ask you, lady(not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.

    6 (Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.

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    13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8 You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

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    13 Assurance of Eternal Life I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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    8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

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    20 For you are our glory and joy!

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    6 I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

    7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

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    14 Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory– the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

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    13 By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

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    19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

  • 1 Thess 1:5-6
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    5 in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).

    6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

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    25 Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

  • John 16:24
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    24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

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    16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

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    12 Worthy Demetrius Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.

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    11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

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    4 who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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    5 For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

    6 just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you–

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    4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.

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    28 Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

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    6 This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

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    13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

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    1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

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    2 complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

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