Study it in the app“what we have seen and heard we announce also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus the Messiah.”
whatὃwe have seenἑωράκαμενandκαὶheardἀκηκόαμενwe announceἀπαγγέλλομενalsoκαὶto you,ὑμῖνso thatἵναyouὑμεῖςtooκαὶmay haveἔχητεfellowshipκοινωνίανwithμεθ’us;ἡμῶνandκαὶ δὲourἡ ἡμετέραfellowshipἡ κοινωνίαiswithμετὰthe Fatherτοῦ πατρὸςandκαὶwithμετὰhis Sonτοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah.Χριστοῦ
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “heōrakamen” appearshear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akēkoamen” appearsreport, tell
Report, announce, tell what happened.
Where else “apangellomen” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēte” appearsfellowship
Having something in common, a life joined together.
Where else “koinōnian” appearsour
Our.
Where else “hēmetera” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appearsSon
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huiou” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears2(and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was revealed to us),
3 · This verse (above)
4And we write these things so that our joy may be complete.
1. What it says
What do the writers say they have heard, seen, and touched, and why do they announce it (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
The text contrasts walking in the light and in darkness (v. 5-7). What does it say happens if we walk in the light?
3. How I live it
John speaks of acknowledging our sins (v. 8-9). What is hard or easy about being honest about them, without hiding?
