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1Jn 1:4. Ταῦτα, these things) From the emphatic singular he comes to the plural, for the sake of greater convenience of expression. These things, and no other: 2Co 1:13, much less, smaller and more trifling things, as the defenders of traditions say.-γράφομεν ὑμῖν, we write to you) To this present the past, I have written, ch. 1Jn 5:13, answers. Comp. ch. 1Jn 2:1; 1Jn 2:12, and following verses. Writing gives strong confirmation.-ἵνα, that) Fulness of joy arises from a full and abundant confirmation of soul in faith and love. To this, declaration and writing in conjunction especially tend: 2Jn 1:12.-χαρα, joy) Thus also John writes in his Gospel, ch. Joh 15:11, Joh 16:22. There is the joy of faith, the joy of love, the joy of hope. In this place the joy of faith is first noticed; and the expression is abbreviated, your joy; that is, your faith, and the joy which springs from thence: but there is also intended the joy of love and of hope, flowing from thence.