1 John 1:4 And these things write we to you, that your joy may be full. I remember a friend of mine who had gone far into what is called "a life of pleasure" telling me, when he became a Christian, that what surprised him most of all was this — he had always looked on religion as a burden which he knew he ought to carry, but he found that it was something that carried him and his burden too. He said also that he had enjoyed in a single week after he was a Christian more real pleasure than in all the years he had devoted to what is termed the pursuit of pleasure. I am convinced this is the view of religion needed in a great city where the individual is lost in the great multitude. (James Stalker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.WEB: And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled. |
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