1 John 1:3

“That which we have seen and heard, &c.] This is repeated, both to confirm and illustrate what had been before said, and to carry on the discourse to what follows: declare we unto you; in the ministry of the word; the person and offices of Christ being the sum and substance of the Gospel ministration, that declares him to be the true God and eternal life, God over all, blessed for ever; and truly man, made of a woman, and made under the law; and to be the only Mediator between God and man, to be prophet, priest; and King, and to be the alone Saviour and Redeemer: this declares the greatness and excellency of his salvation, what an able, proper, and suitable Saviour he is; and what precious…”

“That which we have seen and heard--resumed from Jo1 1:1, wherein the sentence, being interrupted by Jo1 1:2, parenthesis, was left incomplete. declare we unto you--Oldest manuscripts add also; unto you also who have not seen or heard Him. that ye also may have fellowship with us--that ye also who have not seen, may have the fellowship with us which we who have seen enjoy; what that fellowship consists in he proceeds to state, "Our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son." Faith realizes what we have not seen as spiritually visible; not till by faith we too have seen, do we know all the excellency of the true Solomon. He Himself is ours; He in us and we in Him. We are "partakers of the…”

“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you - We announce it, or make it known unto you - referring either to what he purposes to say in this Epistle, or more probably embracing all that he had written respecting him, and supposing that his Gospel was in their hands. He means to call their attention to all the testimony which he had borne on the subject, in order to counteract the errors which began to prevail. That ye may have fellowship with us - With us the apostles; with us who actually saw him, and conversed with him. That is, he wished that they might have the same belief, and the same hope, and the same joy which he himself had, arising from the fact that the Son of God had…”

“That which we have seen and heard - Of him and from him. Declare we to you - For this end. That ye also may have fellowship with us - May enjoy the same fellowship which we enjoy. And truly our fellowship - Whereby he is in us and we in him. Is with the Father and with the son - Of the Holy Ghost he speaks afterwards. 1 John 1:4”

“1:3 what we . . . have actually seen: The Word of life had, as a man, revealed God to the apostles. • our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son: Once the Spirit regenerated the apostles, they entered into spiritual fellowship with the Father and the Son. • you may have fellowship with us: Whoever entered into fellowship with the apostles by associating with them while they were alive, or enters now by remaining in their teaching, has fellowship with the Father and the Son through them.”

“which: Jo1 1:1; Act 4:20 declare: Jo1 1:5; Psa 2:7, Psa 22:22; Isa 66:19; Joh 17:25; Act 13:32, Act 13:41, Act 20:27; Co1 15:1; Heb 2:12 ye also: Act 2:42; Rom 15:27; Eph 3:6; Phi 1:7, Phi 2:1; Ti1 6:2; Heb 3:1; Pe1 5:1 \*Gr. our fellowship: Jo1 1:7, Jo1 2:23, Jo1 2:24; Joh 14:20-23, Joh 17:3, Joh 17:11, Joh 17:21; Co1 1:9, Co1 1:30; Co2 13:14; Phi 2:1, Phi 3:10; Heb 3:14 with his: Jo1 5:10, Jo1 5:11; Col 1:13; Th1 1:10 1 John 1:4”