^1:3What we have seen and heard we announce⁵ to you too, so that⁶ you may have fellowship⁷ with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

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Footnotes

5 Or “proclaim.”
6 The ἵνα (hina) here indicates purpose.
7 Or “communion”; or “association” (a reality shared in common, so in this case, “genuine association”). This term also occurs in vv. 6, 7.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

NLTNew Living Translation

We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

what we have seen and heard, we announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

KJV 1900King James Version

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

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