1 YHN 1:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

In place of our joy, some ancient manuscripts readyour joy.

UST I am writing to you about these things so that you will recognize that they are true, and that as a result we will be completely joyful together.

1:4 CT does not include to you.

1:4 ALT and Scrivener TR your

AICNT And we write these things [[to you]][fn] so that {our}[fn] joy may be complete.

1:4, to you: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

1:4, our: ℵ(01) B(03) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT BYZ TR ‖ Some manuscripts read “your.” A(02) C(04)

OEB We are writing all this to you that our joy may be complete.

WEBBE And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

FBV We're writing to tell you about this in order to make our happiness complete.

TCNT We are writing these things [fn]to you so that [fn]our joy may be full.

1:4 to you ¦ — CT

1:4 our ¦ your 𝔐^pt ECM^† SCR

T4T I am writing to you about these things so that you ◄will be convinced/believe► that they are true, and as a result we may be completely joyful.

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BBE And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

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Wymth And we write these things in order that our joy may be made complete.

ASV and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

DRA And these things we write to you, that you may rejoice, and your joy may be full.

YLT and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

Drby And these things write we to you that your joy may be full.

RV and these things we write, that our joy may be fulfilled.

SLT And these we write to you, that your joy might be filled up.

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

KJB-1769 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

KJB-1611 And these things write we vnto you, that your ioy may be full.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

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Gnva And these thinges write we vnto you, that that your ioy may be full.
(And these things write we unto you, that that your joy may be full. )

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TNT And this write we vnto you that oure ioye maye be full.
(And this write we unto you that our joy may be full. )

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ClVg Et hæc scribimus vobis ut gaudeatis, et gaudium vestrum sit plenum.
(And these_things scribimus to_you as gaudeatis, and gaudium of_you let_it_be plenum. )

UGNT καὶ ταῦτα γράφομεν ἡμεῖς, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
(kai tauta grafomen haʸmeis, hina haʸ ⱪara haʸmōn aʸ peplaʸrōmenaʸ.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ταῦτα γράφομεν ⸀ἡμεῖς ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
(kai tauta grafomen ⸀haʸmeis hina haʸ ⱪara haʸmōn aʸ peplaʸrōmenaʸ.)

RP-GNT καὶ ταῦτα γράφομεν ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
(kai tauta grafomen humin, hina haʸ ⱪara haʸmōn aʸ peplaʸrōmenaʸ.)

TC-GNT καὶ ταῦτα γράφομεν [fn]ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ [fn]ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
(kai tauta grafomen humin, hina haʸ ⱪara haʸmōn aʸ peplaʸrōmenaʸ. )

1:4 υμιν ¦ ημεις CT

1:4 ημων ¦ υμων 𝔐^pt ECM^† SCR

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

ταῦτα γράφομεν ἡμεῖς

these_‹things› ˓are˒_writing we

As the General Notes to this chapter explain, here John is formally stating his purpose for writing. If you decided in [1:1](../01/01.md) that it would be more natural in your language for him to refer to himself with a singular pronoun in such a context, you could do the same thing here. Alternate translation: [I, John, am writing these things]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμεῖς & ἡμῶν

we & ˱of˲_us

If you use the plural pronoun we here, it would be exclusive, since John is speaking of himself and the other eyewitnesses on whose behalf he is writing. However, the term our in the second clause is likely inclusive, since John probably means that he wants both himself and his readers to have joy in the shared fellowship with one another and with the Father and the Son whom he describes in the previous verse.

Note 3 topic: translate-textvariants

ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν

the joy ˱of˲_us

See the discussion of textual issues at the end of the General Notes to this chapter to decide whether to follow the reading of ULT and say our joy or to follow the reading of some other versions and say “your joy.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / you

ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν

the joy ˱of˲_us

If you follow the variant reading “your joy” here instead of our joy, the word “your” would be plural, as in the rest of this letter, since it would refer to a group of believers.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη

in_order_that the joy ˱of˲_us may_be ˓having_been˒_fulfilled

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of joy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [so that we will be completely happy]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη

in_order_that the joy ˱of˲_us may_be ˓having_been˒_fulfilled

If your language does not use this passive form, you can express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [so that we will be completely happy]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη

in_order_that the joy ˱of˲_us may_be ˓having_been˒_fulfilled

The implications are that John and his readers will be completely happy together if his readers recognize the truth of what he is writing to them about. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly, as UST does.

Parallel 1 YHN 1:4

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